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mm long. Within the saccate base of the labellum (between the 
lateral lobes) there is a small, ovate, abruptly acuminate, deeply 
concave ligule, about 5 mm long. Column short, stout, 7 to 8 
mm long, densely and minutely pubescent, on each side at the 
apex with upcurved falcate stelidia which are 3 to 3.5 mm long. 
Pollinia 4, united in pairs, unequal. 
Luzon, Manila, Mrs. Remedios C. Gonzales’s gardens, Bur. Sci. 
8U716 Quisumbing, June 22, 1932. 
The living plants were originally collected on limestone rocks 
and on branches of trees in Quezon National Park, Tayabas 
Province, Luzon. 
The flowers are fragrant, and remain open for about eight 
weeks. Sepals and petals marguerite yellow barred and spotted 
with Hay’s russet or madder brown, pale lumiere green at the 
tips; lateral lobes of the labellum white outside, primuline yellow 
inside spotted with vinaceous rufous, middle lobe barium yellow 
spotted with vinaceous-rufous; ligule between the lateral lobes 
at the base white; keel of labellum and column white; spur mar¬ 
guerite yellow; arms of the column pompeian red; anthers am¬ 
ber yellow. 
This species is now reported from the Philippines for the 
first time. It differs from T. ionosma and T. luzonensis in the 
form of the lip. 
