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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1935 
LUZON, Manila, Bureau of Science orchid house, Bur. Sci. 85618 
Quisumbing, February 14, 1933. The above description was 
based upon a living flowering specimen sent to the junior author 
by Mr. L. H. Phillips, who collected it from the hills of Bukidnon, 
Mindanao. The flowers are white except the spur and the throat 
of the labellum which are apricot yellow. 
This species is allied to Dendrobium Fairchildae Ames and 
Quis., but differs from it in having smaller and more-slender 
stems, straight spur, and broadly ovate-oblanceolate labellum. 
This species is dedicated to Mr. L. H. Phillips, formerly of the 
Philippine Packing Corporation at Bukidnon, Mindanao. While 
he was there, he spent considerable time and effort in collecting 
orchids during week ends and holidays, and we owe to him our 
present knowledge of the orchid flora of Bukidnon. 
DENDROBIUM SCHUETZEI Rolfe. Plate 1, fig. 2; Plate 3, figs. 2* to 27; Plate 6, fig. 2. 
Dendrobium Schuetzei Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 19 (1911) 224, 20 (1912) 
289, 308, 337, fig. 47, in Gard. Chron. Ill 50 (1911) 42, III 52 
(1912) 229, fig. 102; G. Wilson in Orch. World 3 (1912) 19, t.; 
ROLFE in Bot. Mag. 139 (1913) t. 8495; Ames Orch. 5 (1915) 
138, 7 (1922) 96, in Merr. Enum. Philip. FI. PI. 1 (1924) 354. 
The original description reads as follows: 
“Dendrobium Schuetzei Rolfe. —This is another striking Dendrobium, 
of the D. Dearei group, which has been introduced by Messrs. Sander & 
Sons, St. Albans, and of which a technical description has been pre¬ 
pared. It has very large white flowers, the petals are obovate-orbicular 
in shape, and the lip strongly three-lobed, with broadly-rounded side 
lobes, and the front lobe broadly obovate or nearly orbicular, with a dis¬ 
tinct apiculus. The petals and lip are much broader than in D. Dearei, 
and altogether different in shape. It should prove a great acquisition.” 
Rolfe, Orch. Rev. 19 (1911) 224. 
Rolfe’s Latin diagnosis, Bot. Mag. (1913) t. 8495, reads as 
follows: 
Herba epiphytica, 15-40 cm. alta. Caules erecti, subcylindrici, medio in- 
crassati, sulcati, basi attenuati, dense foliati. Folia subpatentia, elliptico- 
oblonga, obtusa, coriacea, 8-10 cm. longa, 2.5-3.5 cm lata. Pedunculi 
subterminales, breves, pauciflori. Bracteae oblongae, subacutae, breves. 
Pedicelli circiter 4 cm longi. Flores magni, speciosi, albi, labelli basi vi- 
ridi. Sepala subpatentia; posticum oblongo-lanceolatum, acuminatum, 3 
cm. longum; lateralia triangularia, acuta, carinata, 3-5 cm. longa; men- 
tum obtusum, 1.3 cm. longum. Petala late ovato-orbicularia, apiculata, 
4.5-5.5 cm. longa, 3.5-4 cm. lata. Labellum trilobum, 4-4.5 cm. longum; 
lobi laterales subincurvi, late rotundati; lobus intermedius subrecurvus, 
late obovatus, truncatus vel emarginatus, apiculatus, crenulatus, 3.5-4 cm. 
latus; discus basi obtuse carinatus. Columna lata, 6 mm. longa; alae fal- 
cato-oblongae. 
