Family 50. ORCHIDACEAE (including APOSTASIACEAE ...

Myrmechis Blume
Myrmechis gracilis (Blume) Blume, Fl. Jav. Orch. (1858) 64 (Orch. Arch. Ind. 77), t. 21, Fig. 2; --Ames in
Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 277; --Anoectochilus gracilis Blume, Bijdr. (1925) 413. –Type:
In Java and Japan. LUZON: Benguet, Bataan, MINDORO, MINDANAO: Misamis, Bukidnon,
Davao. In mountain regions, up to 2100m altitude in Benguet, and 3300m altitude in
MINDANAO.
Myrmechis perpusilla Ames, Sched. Orchid. 6 (1923) 15; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 277. –Type:
LUZON: Benguet.
Myrmechis philippinensis Ames, Orchidaceae 2 (1908) 64, text cut; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 277.
–Type:
LUZON: Bataan (Mt Mariveles). Terrestrial at 800m altitude.
Nephylaphyllum Blume
Nephylaphyllum mindorense Ames, PJS 2 c (1907) Bot. 316; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 280. –Type:
Tainia mindorensis (Ames) Gagnep., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 4 (1932) 706.
LUZON: Nueva Ecija, MINDORO. Terrestrial on dry slopes and in humid forest, altitude 200-
300m.
Nephylaphyllum pulchrum Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 373. –Type:
Extra-Philippine range.
Possible novelty:
Nephelaphyllum sp.
NEGROS: Negros Oriental
Nervilia Commerson ex Gaudichaud
Nervilia aragoana Gaudich., in Freycinet. Voy. Uranie et Physic. Bot. (1829) 422, t. 35; --Ames in Merr., EPFP
1 (1924) 265. –Type:
India, Burma, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Sumatra, and New Guinea, and said to extend to
Samoa. LUZON: Zambales, Rizal, Laguna, MINDANAO: Lanao. Terrestrial, in forest.
Nervilia aragoana Gaud., Voy. Uranie: 422, 1829
Nervilia crocoformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 32 (1978) 151; --Bolborchis crociformis
Zoll. & Moritzi, Syst. Verz. (1846) 89. –Type:
Nervilia crispata (Blume) Schltr., in K Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. (1905) 82, in nota, in Engl.,
Bot. Jahrb. Guin.) (1911) 38; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 266; --Pogonia crispata Blume, Ann. Mus. Bot.
Lugd.-Bat. 1 (1849) 32. –Type:
In Java and German New Guinea. PALAWAN: Taytay. in forests in dry slopes.
Nervilia dilatata (Blume) Schltr., in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45 (1911) 402; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924)
266; --Pogonia dilatata Blume, Coll. Orchid. (1858) t. 10. –Type:
In Borneo. LUZON (Benguet), BANCALAN. Grassy hillsides, c. 1600m altitude.