56,4 Ames and Quisumbing: Philippine Orchids, V 465 
“Affine Cleisostomati ionosmo Lindl. labelli lamina pandurata, pilosula, 
carina postice bicruri a calcaris fundo in laminae fossam excurrente. 
“Vanda Guiberti Lindl. 
“Panicula multiflora. Flores illis Vandae Roxburghii aequales, colore 
fere Anselliae, extus pallide flaveolo-albi. Sepala cuneato-oblonga, obtusa. 
Tepala subaequalia. Omnia flavida annulis rufis. Labellum basi cum co- 
lumnae basi connatum auriculis rectangulis hinc unidentatis bidentatisve; 
lamina pandurata, postice latior, apice emarginata, pilosula. Columna bre¬ 
vis, apice utrinque unifalcis, falcibus velutinis; lamella ovata apiculata 
cochleata sub fovea. 
“Die Berichte iiber die am 24. September in Brussel veranstaltete 
Ausstellung heben als wesentliche Merkwiirdigkeit diese, vom Hrn. Direc¬ 
tor Linden ausgestellte und zunachst Vanda Guiberti genannte Orchidee 
vor. 
“In der That ist dieselbe eine sehr merkwiirdige acquisition, besonders 
wenn man erwagt, wie die Cleisostomen bis jetzt keine irgend hubschen 
Bluthen aufwiesen, es sei denn das doch gar bescheidene Cl. ionosmum. 
Unsere neue Art hat einen machtigen Bliithenstand von Bluthen, die einen 
modernen deutschen Vereinsthaler decken, und deren braune Binge auf 
Paille Untergrund einen guten Eindruck machen.” Reichb. f. 
Coarse, stout, epiphyte, approaching Trichoglottis ionosma in 
habit. Roots stout, elongate, glabrous. Stems elongate, 50 to 
70 cm long, 10 to 14 mm in diameter, subterete. Leaves dis¬ 
tichous, oblong-ligulate, 14 to 28.5 cm long, 2.5 to 3.3 cm wide, 
coriaceous, 3 to 3.5 cm distant, dark green, unequally bilobed 
at the apex with obtuse lobes. Peduncles rigid, erect when oc¬ 
curring on erect stems and rather pendent when on drooping 
stems, 4 to 6 mm in diameter. Inflorescences showy, laxly pa¬ 
niculate, many-flowered, inclusive of the peduncles, 16 to 35 cm 
long, glabrous. Ovary twisted. Flowers fleshy, 3.5 to 4.5 cm 
across. Lateral sepals elliptic-obovate, obtuse, 1.6 to 1.8 cm long, 
9 to 11 cm wide, somewhat asymmetric. Dorsal sepal, obovate- 
oblong, rounded at the apex, 1.6 to 2.1 cm long, 7 to 9 mm wide. 
Petals spatulate, more or less falcate, rounded at the apex, 1.5 
to 1.8 cm long, 7.5 to 9 mm wide above. Labellum trilobed, 
fleshy, shortly saccate-spurred at the base, 1.6 to 2 cm long, 
densely pubescent on both surfaces especially on the inner sur¬ 
face; lateral lobes erect and connate with the column, short, 
rounded-triangular, 1.5 to 2 mm high; middle lobe much larger 
than the lateral lobes, subquadrate-pandurate, recurved at the 
apex, retuse at the tip, 1 to 1.3 cm long, 8 to 9 mm wide at the 
broadest portion near the base, with a prominent longitudinal 
keel on the upper surface; spur shortly conical, obtuse, 4 to 5 
