Family 50. ORCHIDACEAE (including APOSTASIACEAE ...

LUZON: Benguet (Pauai; Mt Pulag; Mt Pulogloco; Mt Sinapsapan; between Suyoc & Pauai),
Ifugao (Mt Himi-o; Mt Pimmage; Mt Polis). Mossy forests between (1700-) 1995 and 2150m.
Fl. Jun-Oct, Nov, Dec-Jan.
Dendrochilum perplexum (Ames) LO Williams, PJS 80 (1951) 299; --HAe Pedersen et al., Opera Bot.
130 (1997) 20; --HAe Pedersen, ibid. 131 (1997) 75, Fig. 36 A-F, H-J; --Acoridium perplexum Ames,
Orchidaceae 7 (1922) 142; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 288. –Type: Ramos & Edaño 55 (AMES*, holo;
iso: AMES*, BM, K, NY*, P, SING*, US*, W). Luzon: Benguet prov., Mt Sinapsapan, mossy forest, altitude
1830m, 13 Oct 1921.
var. perplexum
LUZON: Benguet (Mt Sinapsapan), Ifugao (Mt Himi-o). Epiphyte in the mossy forest, altitude (
1700-) 1830 (-2080)m. Fl. Apr & (Sept-) Oct.
var. montanum (Ames) HAe Pedersen, Opera Bot. 130 (1997) 20; Fig. 36-G; --HAe Pedersen, ibid. 131
(1997) 75, Fig. 36-G; --Acoridium montanum Ames, Sched. Orchid. 5 (1923) 1; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1
(1924) 287; --Acoridium linearifolium Ames, Orchidaceae 7 (1922) 141, nom. illeg., non (Hook.f.) Rolfe.
–Type: Ramos & Edaño 56 (AMES*, holo; iso: AMES*, BM, K, NY*, P, SING*, US*, W). Luzon: Benguet
prov., Mt Boadan, on trees in mossy forest, altitude 1830m, 26 Sept 1921.
LUZON: Benguet (Mt Boadan; Mt Pauai). Epiphyte in mossy forests, altitude 1830-2450m. Fl.
Sept.
Dendrochilum philippinense (Ames) Pfitzer in Engl., Pflanzenreich iv. 50. ii. B. 7 (1907) 118, Fig. 38 F; --
HAe Pedersen et al., Opera Bot. 130 (1997) 20; --HAe Pedersen, ibid. 131 (1997) 53, Fig. 18A, 21A-F, H-J ;
--Acoridium philippinense Ames, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 19 (1906) 149; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 288.
–Type: Merrill 4757 (PNH, holo, destroyed; iso: AMES*, K, NY*, US*). Luzon: Benguet prov., between Suyoc
and Pauai, altitude 2000m, 7 Nov 1905.
var. philippinense
LUZON: Ilocos Norte (Mt Burnay), Kalinga (trail to Balbalasang), Ifugao (Mt Polis), Mountain
Province, Benguet (Mt Tabayoc, Mt Boadan; Mt Simakoko; between Suyoc and Pauai). Mossy
forests, altitude 1600-2540m, epiphytic. Fl. Sept-Feb.
var. purpureum (Ames) HAe Pedersen, Opera Bot. 130 (1997) 20; ibid. 131 (1997) 53, Fig. 21G; --
Acoridium purpureum (Ames) Ames, Orchidaceae 7 (1922) 81; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 288; --
Dendrochilum purpureum Ames, Orchidaceae 6 (1920) 286. –Type: Boettcher sn (AMES*, holo; iso: BM,
BO, K, NY*, P, SING*, US*, W). Luzon: Apayao prov., Mt Pasoan, altitude 2000m, Jan 1918.
LUZON: Apayao (Mt Pasoan). Only known from the type collection.
Dendrochilum philippinense subsp. purpureum (Ames) W Suarez (endemic)
Dendrochilum plocoglottoides HAe Pedersen, Nordic J. Bot. 15 (1996) 387; --HAe Pedersen et al.,
Opera Bot. 130 (1997) 59; --HAe Pedersen, ibid. 131 (1997) 141, Fig. 78A, 81. –Type: K Iwatsuki, G Murata
& HG Gutierrez P-874 (L*, holo; iso: KYO). Luzon: Ilocos Norte prov., Mt Burnay, in mossy forest, altitude
1800-2000m, 4 Dec 1975.
LUZON: Ilocos Norte (Mt Burnay). Known only from the type collection. Fl. Dec.
Dendrochilum prodigiosum Ames, Orchidaceae 7 (1922) 98; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 295; --HAe
Pedersen et al., Opera Bot. 130 (1997) 38; --HAe Pedersen, ibid. 131 (1997) 136, Fig. 65A, 77. –Type: BS
38521 Ramos & Edaño (AMES, holo). Mindanao: Bukidnon prov., Mt Lipa, epiphytic in mossy forest, altitude
6500ft [=1981m], 13 Jul 1920.
MINDANAO: Bukidnon (Mt Lipa). Epiphytic in mossy forest at c. 2000m. Apparently known only
from the type collection, collected in flower in Jul.
Dendrochilum propinquum Ames, Orchidaceae 6 (1920) 285; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 295; --HAe
Pedersen et al., Opera Bot. 130 (1997) 38; --HAe Pedersen, ibid. 131 (1997) 133, Fig. 74. –Type: Wenzel
805 (AMES*, holo; iso: K). Leyte: Leyte prov., Masaganap near Jaro, epiphyte in forest, altitude 700m, 27
Dec 1919.
LEYTE: Leyte (Jaro; Masaganap and Buenavista near Jaro). Specimens with uncertain species