Family 50. ORCHIDACEAE (including APOSTASIACEAE)Literature:Holttum, RE. 1954. A revised flora of Malaya. Vol. I. Orchids of Malaya, 759 pp., Government Printing

Office, Singapore.Valmayor, HL. 1984. Orchidiana Philippiniana I-II. Eugenio Lopez Foundation, ManilaFessel, HH & P Balzer. 1999. A Selection of Native Philippine Orchids. Times Edition, Singapore.Cootes, JE. 2001. The Orchids of the Philippines, 231 pp., Times Edition, Singapore.

Abdominea JJ Smith Abominea minimiflora (Hook.f.) JJ Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz., 2, 25 (1917) 98; --Schoenorchis

minimiflora (Hook.f.) Ames, Orchidaceae 5 (1915) 241; --Gastrochilus minimiflorus (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2 (1891) 661; --Saccolabium minimiflorum Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6 (1890) 59. Type:

Schoenorchis philippinensis Ames, Orchidaceae 5 (1915) 241; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1925) 436. Type: LUZON: Nueva Vizcaya, MINDANAO: Cotabato, Agusan. Epiphytic, altitude 550-1000m. (as S. philippinensis)

Acampe Lindley Acampe rigida (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) PF Hunt, Kew Bull. 24 (1970) 98; --Aerides rigidum Buch.-Ham. ex

Sm. in A Rees, Cycl. 39 (1818) 12.

Acanthephippium Blume emend. Endlicher

Acanthephippium sp. aff. javanicum Blume, Bijdr.(1825) 354; --Holttum, Rev. Fl. Malaya 1 (1954) 148.PALAWAN A. javanicum Blume in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo. Acanthephippium mantinianum L. Linden & Cogn., J. des Orch. 7 (1896) 138; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1

(1924) 330; --Cootes, Orch. Philip. (2001) 20.LUZON: Mountain Province, Laguna, Cavite, Quezon and Sorsogon. Wet places and shaded spots, 500-1500m. Acanthephippium pictum Fukuyama, Bot. Mag. Tokyo 49 (1935) 666.Taiwan, Philippines. LUZON, SAMAR Acanthephippium sylhetense Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. (1831) 177. Occurrence in the Philippines doubtful

Acanthophippium =Acanthephippium

Acoridium Nees & Meyen =Dendrochilum

Acriopsis Reinwardt ex Blume

Acriopsis floribunda Ames, Orchidaceae 6 (1920) 306; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1925) 398. Type: BS 35112 Ramos & Pascasio.Acriopsis liliifolia var. floribunda (Ames) Minderhoud & de Vogel, Orchid Monogr. 1 (1986) 13, Fig. 1d-eBUCAS GRANDE. Acriopsis indica Wight, Icon. 51 (1852) 20, t. 1748, Fig. 1; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1925) 398.Burma, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Philippines.LUZON: Kalinga, altitude 1000m. Acriopsis liliifolia (J Koenig) Seidenf., Opera Bot. 124 (1995) 58; --Epidendrum liliifolium J Koenig in AJ

Retzius, Observ. Bot. 6 (1791) 61. Acriopsis javanica Reinw. ex Blume, Cat. Gew. Buitenz. (1823) 97; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1925) 398; --Cootes,

Orch. Philip. (2001) 21.Thailand, Indochina, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Isls, N Australia. LUZON: Sorsogon, LEYTE, MINDANAO: Misamis, Lanao del Sur, Davao. Epiphytic or lithophythic, frequently in exposed sites, up to 1600m.

Adenostylis Blume =Zeuxine, Rhomboda.

Aerides Loureiro Aerides augustiana Rolfe, Lindenia 5 (1889) 39, t. 210; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1925) 420. Discovered in the Philippines by Auguste Linden; no specimen seen Ames in Merr. (1925) 420. Aerides burbidgei Reichb.f. ex Burb., Gardens of the Sun (1880) 343.Philippines. Aerides eusebiae W Suarez, ined. Aerides inflexa Teijsm. & Binn., Tijdschr. Ned.-Indi 24 (1862) 324. Aerides bernhardianum Reichb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 24 (1885) 1650. Aerides jarckianum Schltr., Orchis 9 (1915) 53, t. 5, Fig. 15-21; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1925) 420. Aerides jarckianum var. smithii Ames & Quisumb., PJS 52 (1933) 457, nom. inval. Aerides jarckianum forma album Valmayor & D Tiu in HL Valmayor, Orchid. Philip. 1 (1984) 86.LUZON, based on Jarck sn. No specimen seen by Ames. Reported to have been collected near the Lagune von Manila. Aerides lawrenciae Reichb.f., Gard. Chron. ii, 20 (1883) 307, 368, 460; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1925) 420;

--Cootes, Orch. Philip. (2001) 21. forma lawrenciaeMINDANAO: Davao. forma amesianaAerides lawrenciae var. amesiana Sander ex Kraenzl., Gard. Chron. iii, 10 (1891) 393; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1925) 420. Philippines.

forma fortichii (Ames & Quisumb.) W Suarez, ined.Aerides lawrenciae var. fortichii Ames & Quisumb., PJS 56 (1935) 461; --Cootes, Orch. Philip. (2001) 22. forma punctata (Ames & Quisumb.) W Suarez, ined.Aerides lawrenciae var. punctatum Ames & Quisumb., PJS 56 (1935) 462. forma sanderiana (Reichb.f.) W Suarez, ined.Aerides lawrenciae var. sanderianum (Reichb.f) Sander ex Kraenzl., Xenia Orchid. 3 (1892) 95, in textu, t. 252, Fig. 6 Aerides leeana Reichb.f., Gard. Chron. 15 (1881) 656; --Cootes, Orch. Philip. (2001) 22. forma leeana LUZON: Bataan, Rizal, Quezon, Cavite, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, SAMAR. Epiphytic at c. 800m. forma smithii (Ames & Quisumb.) W Suarez Aerides odorata Lour., Fl. Cochin. 2 (1790) 525; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1925) 420; --Cootes, Orch. Philip. (2001) 23. forma odorata Himalayas, China, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Philippines to New Guinea. MINDORO: Mindoro Oriental, PALAWAN. High-canopy epiphyte, 300-2000m. forma alba Hort. Aerides quinquevulnera Lindl., Sert. Orch. 6 (1838) t. 30; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1925) 421; --Cootes,

Orch. Philip. (2001) 23. LUZON: Bataan, Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon. A common species in and about Rizal at relatively low altitude. forma flava (Valmayor & Tiu) W Suarez, ined. Aerides quinquevulnera var. flava Valmayor & Tiu, in Valmayor, Orchid. Philip. 1 (1984) 87, nom. inval.; --Cootes, Orch. Philip. (2001) 24. forma marginata (Reichb.f.) W Suarez, ined. Aerides quinquevulnera var. marginata (Reichb.f.) Stein, Orchideenb. (1892) 63; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1925)

422; --Aerides marginata Reichb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s. 23 (1885) 533. forma punctata (Valmayor & Tiu) W Suarez, ined. Aerides quinquevulnera var. punctata Valmayor & Tiu, in Valmayor, Orchid. Philip. 1 (1984) 87, nom. inval. forma purpurata (Reichb.f.) W Suarez, ined. Aerides quinquevulnera var. purpurata Reichb.f., Gard. Chron. n.s., 16 (1881) 230; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1925) 422; --Cootes, Orch. Philip. (2001) 24. forma schadenbergiana (Stein) W Suarez, ined. Aerides quinquevulnera var. schadenbergiana Stein, Orchideenb. (1892) 63; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1925) 422. Aerides sp. aff. odorata Aerides quinquevulnera var. calayanensis Hort. CALAYAN. Pink flowers

Aerides savageana Sander ex Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 7 (1891) 78.Philippines. Aerides shibatianum Boxall ex Nves in Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 13A (1880) 239. PhilippinesIncluded by Ames in the list of excluded names, marked as a nomen nudum, possibly an error for A thibautianum Reichb.f. . =A quinquevulnera

Aglossorhyncha Schlechter, K Schumann & Lauterbach Aglossorhyncha sp.BOHOL. Insufficiently known, possibly endemic.

Agrostophyllum Blume Agrostophyllum elmeri Ames, Sched. Orchid. 6 (1923) 48; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 319. Type:

Elmer 18047.LUZON: Laguna. Agrostophyllum elongatum (Ridl.) Schuit., Blumea 35 (1990) 165; --Appendiculopsis elongata (Ridl.)

Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3 (1995) 120; --Appendicula elongata Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3 (1893) 375. Type from Peninsular Malaysia.

Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Isls, Caroline Isls (Palau). Agrostophyllum inocephalum (Schauer) Ames, Orchidaceae 2 (1908) 148; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1

(1924) 319; --Cootes, Orch. Philip. (2001) 25; --Diploconchium inocephalum Schauer, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19 (Suppl. 1) (1843) 428.

LUZON: Benguet, Bataan, MINDANAO: Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur. Epiphyte, c. 500m. Agrostophyllum leytense Ames, Orchidaceae 6 (1920) 298; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 319. --Type: LEYTE (Jaro). Forest, altitude 600-700m. Agrostophyllum longivaginatum Ames, PJS 8 c (1913, publ. 1914) Bot. 420; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1

(1924) 319. Type: Weber 345LUZON: Apayao, Rizal, Laguna, MINDORO, LEYTE. Forests, altitude 30-600m. Agrostophyllum luzonense Ames & Quisumb., PJS 47 (1932) 197. Type : Philippines. Agrostophyllum malindangense Ames, PJS 6 c (1911) Bot. 50; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 320.

Type: FB 4610 Mearns & Hutchinson MINDANAO: Misamis Occidental (Mt Malindang), Bukidnon, Davao (Mt Apo). Agrostophyllum mearnsii Ames, PJS 8 c (1913, publ. 1914) Bot. 420; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 320. Type: FB 4607 Mearns & Hutchinson.LUZON: Bataan (Mt Mariveles), MINDANAO: Misamis Occidental (Mt Malindang), Agusan del Norte (Mt Hilong-hilong). On mountains, altitude 1060-1560m.

Agrostophyllum merrillii Ames, PJS 2 c (1907) Bot. 323; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 320. Type: Merrill 5844MINDORO: Mindoro Oriental (Mt Halcon). Forest, altitude 1000m. Agrostophyllum mindanaense Ames, Orchidaceae 5 (1915) 88; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 320; --

Agrostophyllum pelorioides Ames, PJS 8 c (1913) Bot. 421, non Schltr. Type: Copeland 1119 (AMES*, holo). Mindanao: District of Davao, April 1904.MINDANAO: Cotabato, Davao. Mountains, altitude c. 860m. Agrostophyllum philippinense Ames, PJS 4 c (1909, publ. 1910) Bot. 669; --Ames in Merr., EPFP 1 (1924) 320. Type: CAMIGUIN DE BABUYANES, LUZON: Bataan, Rizal, Sorsogon, NEGROS, LEYTE. Forests, altitude 60-700m. Agrostophyllum saccatilabium Ames & Quisumb., PJS 49 (1932) 487, pl. 1, 5, 16, 17. --Type: BS 82229 Quisumbing (AMES*, holo). Luzon : Benguet prov., Baguio, from cultivated plant at Mansion House, origin said to be from mountains in the vicinity of Baguio, 6 May 1931. LUZON: Benguet. Agrostophyllum stipulatum (Griff.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912, publ. 1913) 279;

-- Appendiculopsis stipulata (Grif