#crepidium

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A Crepidium sp.? Palawan the Philippines.

[orquidofilia]

Crepidium klimkoanum.

Orchidaceae: Malaxideae.

By Janyaporn Thawornsatitsakul. [x]

[orquidofilia]

Crepidium octodentatum.

Orchidaceae: Malaxideae.

By Khunchai Chang‎. [x]

[orquidofilia]

Crepidium octodentatum.

Orchidaceae: Malaxideae.

By Khunchai Chang. [x]

[mozartlovesorchids]

Email from Dr. Hanna Maargonska ; Could it be? Crepedium raabbustamantei?

Dear Raab, At first about the Crepidium orchid. Were the photos of the plants taken

from Panay Peninsula Natural Park? When? Do you want describe a new taxon?

If yes:vHave you material for the type collection: 1-holotype (dried plant with

flowers) 1-few isotypes (the same date! and place! of collection as

holotype!, dried and additionally preserved in liquid)? The types have to

be good quality plants with at least several flowers. At the moment,

I am not sure statute of the new taxon: subspecies or only

var. I should see the plant and compare it with the species type

(I have the data right now at my laboratory). Another problem is specimens

collected by Elmer (no.17124) which also was noted as different from the

species type.

Do you have access to any botanical data at Philippines? To compare other

quadridentatum material? We should to know: is it endemic taxon, limited

only to the type-location or more common orchid.

Sincerely yours, Margonska