Family 50. ORCHIDACEAE (including APOSTASIACEAE ...

CATANDUANES: Catanduanes (Sto Domingo River), PANAY: Capiz (Mt Bulilao), BILIRAN (Mt
Suiro), LEYTE: Leyte (Jaro; Buenavista; Compagal & Masaganap near Jaro; unspecified locality
for Wenzel sn), Southern Leyte (Cabalian), MINDANAO: Misamis Occidental (unspecified
locality for PNH 12164 McVittie), Lanao del Sur (Camp Keithley along Lake Lanao; Sacred Mtn),
Davao del Sur (Mt Apo; Mt McKinley), Davao Oriental (Mt Kampalili), Agusan del Norte (Mt
Hilong-hilong). Identification uncertain: NEGROS: Negros Oriental (Cuernos Mtns, PNH 5421 &
5559 Edaño), MINDANAO: Davao Oriental (Mt Mansamuga). Epiphytic (occasionally lithophytic)
in (usually mossy) forest, altitude (30-)500-2330m. Sometimes very common. Fl. Jan-Jun, Aug-
Dec.
Dendrochilum graciliscapum (Ames) Pfitzer in Engl., Pflanzenreich iv. 50. ii. B. 7 (1907) 99, Fig. 38H; --
HAe Pedersen et al., Opera Bot. 130 (1997) 36; --HAe Pedersen, ibid. 131 (1997) 126, Fig. 65B, 70. –Type:
Copeland 1019 (PNH, holo, destroyed; iso: AMES*, K, US). Mindanao: Davao del Sur prov., trail to Mt Apo,
altitude 1650m.
Dendrochilum cucullatum (Ames) Pfitzer in Engl., Pflanzenreich iv. 50. ii. B. 7 (1907) 98, Fig. 38 J; --Ames in Merr.,
EPFP 1 (1924) 293; --Acoridium cucullatum Ames, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 19 (1906) 153. –Type: Copeland
sn (PNH, holo, destroyed; iso: AMES*). Mindanao: Davao, Mt Apo, altitude 1800m, on mossy trees, 11 Apr
1904.
MINDANAO: Davao del Sur (Mt Apo: Todaya; Lake Linao; Mt McKinley), South Cotabato (Mt
Matutum), Davao Oriental (Mt Kampalili). Epiphytic in mossy forests, altitude 1650-2465m. Fl.
Mar-May, Jul, Sept-Nov.
Dendrochilum graminifolium (Ames) Pfitzer in Engl., Pflanzenreich iv. 50. ii. B. 7 (1907) 114, Fig. 38 Q,
R; --HAe Pedersen et al., Opera Bot. 130 (1997) 18; --HAe Pedersen, ibid. 131 (1997) 73, Fig. 18E, 35;
--Acoridium graminifolium Ames, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 19 (1906) 144; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924)
285.
–Type: Merrill 4764 (PNH, holo, destroyed; iso: AMES*, K). Luzon: Benguet prov., between Suyoc and
Pauai, altitude 2000m, Oct-Nov 1905.
LUZON: Apayao (Mt Magnas; Mt Duraragan), Kalinga (trail to Balbalasang), Ifugao (Mt
Pimmage; Mt Polis; Sumigar), Mountain Province (Mt Data; between Bontoc and Mt Polis),
Benguet (Pauai; between Suyoc and Pauai; Mt Pulag), Batangas (Mt Makulot, near Cuenca,
identification uncertain for MG Price 593). Forests (usually mossy), altitude 700-2350 (-2450)
m. Fl. Mar, Oct-Jan.
Dendrochilum hastatum Ames, PJS 2 c (1907) Bot. 317, nomen; Orchidaceae 2 (1908) 99, text cut; --HAe
Pedersen et al., Opera Bot. 130 (1997) 36; --HAe Pedersen, ibid. 131 (1997) 123, Fig. 67. –Type: Merrill
5759 (AMES*, lecto, designated by LO Williams, PJS 80 (1951) 333; iso: BO, K, SING*, US*). Mindoro:
Mindoro Oriental prov., Mt Halcon, 15 Nov 1906.
Acoridium hastatum (Ames) Ames, Orchidaceae 7 (1922) 80; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 285.
MINDORO: Mindoro Oriental (Mt Halcon), PANAY: Antique (Mt Madia-as). Collection with
uncertain identification from LUZON: Mountain Province (unspecified locality, for Tixier 130/65,
pro parte). Terrestrial and epiphytic on bases of trees in ridge forests, altitude 1440-2050m. Fl.
Apr, Jun, Nov.
Dendrochilum hutchinsonianum, PJS 2 c (1907) Bot. 317, nomen; Orch. 2 (1908) 96, text cut; --HAe
Pedersen et al., Opera Bot. 130 (1997) 23; --HAe Pedersen, ibid. 131 (1997) 102, Fig. 53. –Type: Merrill
5813 (PNH, holo, destroyed; iso: AMES*, K, US*). Mindoro: Mindoro Oprental prov., Mt Halcon, altitude
2660m, 20 Nov 1906.
Acoridium hutchinsonianum (Ames) Ames, Orchidaceae 7 (1922) 81 (sphalm.: “hutchinsonii”); --Ames in Merr., EPFP
1 (1924) 286.
MINDORO: Mindoro Oriental (Mt Halcon). Exposed ridge in dense mossy thickets, terrestrial as
well as epiphytic, altirude 2660m. Fl. Nov. Known only from the type collection.
Dendrochilum insectiforme HAe Pedersen, ined.
(endemic)