Family 50. ORCHIDACEAE (including APOSTASIACEAE ...

NEGROS: Negros Oriental (Cuernos Mtns, Elmer 10149, AMES). Ormerod states uncertainty in
the identification of the Philippine material which has poorly preserved immature flowers.
Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 410; Fl. Jav. Orch. (1858) 85 (Orch. Arch. Ind. 102), t. 32, Fig. 3;
--Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1923) 278. –Type:
In Java, Moluccas Islands, New Guinea, and possibly Samoa. LUZON: Ilocos Norte, Cagayan,
Benguet, Rizal, Laguna, Quezon, MINDORO, PALAWAN, BALABAC, TICAO, NEGROS:
Negros Oriental, MINDANAO: Zamboanga, Lanao. A common and widely distributed species in
the Philippines. Terrestrial in forest at 30-90m altitude.
Hippeophyllum Schlechter
Hippeophyllum wenzelii Ames, PJS 8 c (1913, publ. 1914) Bot. 413; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 310.
–Type:
Possible novelty:
Hippeophyllum sp.
LUZON: Nueva Vizcaya, possibly endemic.
Hylophila Lindley
Hylophila lanceolata (Blume) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 3 (1859) 746; --Dicerostylis lanceolata Blume, Fl. Jav. Orch.
(1858) 98 (Orch. Arch. Ind. 116) t. 38, Fig. 1, 1-11; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 272.
Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Philippines: BATAN: Basco, near Mt Iraya, in mossy forest.
Hylophila rubra Ames, Orchidaceae 2 (1908) 65; --Dicerostylis rubra (Ames) Schltr. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 45
(1911) 392; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 273. –Type:
LUZON: Laguna, MINDORO: Mindoro Oriental (Mt Halcon), PANAY: Antique, SIBUYAN (Mt
Giting-giting). Terrestrial, up to 1450m.
Hymenorchis Schlechter
Hymenorchis vanoverberghii (Ames) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 23 (1972) 182; --
Saccolabium vanoverberghii Ames, Orchidaceae 5 (1915) 230; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1925) 432. –Type:
Philippines.
Kingidium PF Hunt
Kingidium philippinense (Ames) O Gruss & Roellke, Orchidee (Hamburg) 46 (1995) 115; --Kingiella
philippinensis (Ames) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 25 (1917) 197; --Doritis philippinensis Ames, Orchidaceae 2 (1908) 235. –
Type:
Philippines.
Kingiella Rolfe non Tieghem =Phalaenopsis
Kuhlhasseltia JJ Smith
Kuhlhasseltia whiteheadii (Rendle) Ames, Orchidaceae 5 (1915) 32; --in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 273; --
Zeuxine whiteheadii Rendle, J. Bot. 34 (1896) 358. –Type: