New rare and unusual orchid species from South East Asia

O`Byrne P., . (2005) New rare and unusual orchid species from South East Asia. [Proceedings Paper]

Across South East Asia the forests are being felled both by large-scale commercial operations and on a small scale by local villagers. While it is generally accepted that the environmental implications of this deforestation will be severe if not disastrous it has also resulted in providing easier access to parts of the forest that were previously inaccessible or extremely hard to reach. The orchid flora of these previously inaccessible regions contains a surprisingly large number of species that are new to science or are new distribution records. These regions also contain populations of species that have been long-lost to science and horticulture or are very rare elsewhere. Examples of recently discovered South East Asia taxa include the genus Notheria represented by the single species N. diaphana Bulbophyllum adelphidium Calanthe nicolae and C.maxii Coelogyne fonstenebrarum Dendrobium judithiae D.tobaense D. torajaense and D. vogelsangii Erythrodes latifolia var. johorense Pennilabium naja and Thrixspermum torajaense. New distribution records include Thrixspermum annamense in Malaysia Cordiglottis filiformis Cymbidium rectum and Oberonia lunata in Sumatra. The principal beneficiaries of the improved access to remote forest areas are commercial orchid collectors who have taken the opportunity to supplement their stocks with previously unavailable rare or unusual species including: the alba-form of B. burfordiense Dendrochilum megalanthum Phalaenopsis pantherina and P. speciosa as P. tetraspis the recently discovered species Ascocentrum christensonianum and Bulbophyllum sulawesiiand the recently rediscovered species Bulbophyllum echinolabium Dendrobium corrugatilobum and Vanda lindeni. A number of new species have recently been described from wide-collected plants seen in nurseries including Calanthe lyroglossa var. longibracteata Coelogyne tommii and several described in the USA and Europe.

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Across South East Asia the forests are being felled both by large-scale commercial operations and on a small scale by local villagers. While it is generally accepted that the environmental implications of this deforestation will be severe if not disastrous it has also resulted in providing easier access to parts of the forest that were previously inaccessible or extremely hard to reach. The orchid flora of these previously inaccessible regions contains a surprisingly large number of species that are new to science or are new distribution records. These regions also contain populations of species that have been long-lost to science and horticulture or are very rare elsewhere. Examples of recently discovered South East Asia taxa include the genus Notheria represented by the single species N. diaphana Bulbophyllum adelphidium Calanthe nicolae and C.maxii Coelogyne fonstenebrarum Dendrobium judithiae D.tobaense D. torajaense and D. vogelsangii Erythrodes latifolia var. johorense Pennilabium naja and Thrixspermum torajaense. New distribution records include Thrixspermum annamense in Malaysia Cordiglottis filiformis Cymbidium rectum and Oberonia lunata in Sumatra. The principal beneficiaries of the improved access to remote forest areas are commercial orchid collectors who have taken the opportunity to supplement their stocks with previously unavailable rare or unusual species including: the alba-form of B. burfordiense Dendrochilum megalanthum Phalaenopsis pantherina and P. speciosa as P. tetraspis the recently discovered species Ascocentrum christensonianum and Bulbophyllum sulawesiiand the recently rediscovered species Bulbophyllum echinolabium Dendrobium corrugatilobum and Vanda lindeni. A number of new species have recently been described from wide-collected plants seen in nurseries including Calanthe lyroglossa var. longibracteata Coelogyne tommii and several described in the USA and Europe.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	Summary En
AGROVOC Term:	Orchidaceae
AGROVOC Term:	Genera
AGROVOC Term:	Species
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:27
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16579

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