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    A new Species in the Aeridinae (Orchidaceae), from the Philippines

    Jim Cootes & George Tiong

    Abstract: Thrixspermum ravanii a new species from Mindoro, Philippines is described. An


    attractive species from the genus Thrixspermum Loureiro, was recently brought to the
    attention of the authors. A study of the literature for the Philippines, and surrounding
    countries, has not revealed any matching epithet. Therefore we are naming this plant as a new
    species: Thrixspermum ravanii Cootes and Tiong sp. nov.

    Key Words: Thrixspermum ravanii, Orchidaceae, Mindoro, Philippines

    Published: 29.11.2012; 22:00 Uhr (MEZ) OrchideenJournal ISSN Nummer 1864-9459

    TYPE: Cultivated in Puerto Galera, Mindoro, flowering in September 2011, in the collection
    of Ravan Schneider. Holotype originating from Mount Talipanan, in northern Mindoro,
    Philippines.
    Holotype: NSW902484 Philippines, Mindoro, Puerto Galera.
    Section: Dendrocolla (Blume) J.J. Smith
    Growth habit: epiphyte; upright; monopodial.
    Stems: terete; to 16 cm tall; occasionally branching.
    Leaves: leathery, alternate, narrowly oblong, unequally lobed at the apex, upper surface
    channelled; to 12 cm long by 1.8 cm wide; bright green.
    Inflorescences: semi-erect, becoming pendulous with age, equal or longer than the leaves,
    smoothly surfaced.
    Peduncle: about 1.3 mm in diameter; with one triangular bract, positioned centrally. Rachis:
    congested, flowers produced successively around the rachis, with only one bloom opened at
    any time, flowers short-lived. Floral bracts triangular to 3 mm long by 1.3 mm wide. Plants
    flower 5 to 6 times a year.
    Flower colour: sepals and petals white; labellum white with a dull orange apex, and reddish
    brown to purplish stripes internally. Callus orange. Flowers about 8 mm across and they do
    not open widely.
    Dorsal sepal: ovate, 4 mm long by 2 mm wide, hooded, apex rounded.
    Petals: oblanceolate, 3.5 m long by 1.75 mm wide; curving inwards, apex rounded.
    Lateral sepals: broadly ovate, 4.5 mm long by 2.5 mm wide; ridged on back; apex obtusely
    pointed.
    Labellum: rigidly attached to column; saccate at base, sac about 3 mm long by 2 mm wide,
    bearing a squarish callus at the opening of the sac; edges and internal surface bearing minute
    hairs, apex of sac bilobed; no midlobe.
    Side lobes: triangular, pointing forward, 2 mm long.
    Pedicel and Ovary: 6 mm long by .5 mm in diameter.
    Column: very short, about 1.5 mm long.

    Comparison: Thrixspermum ravanii Cootes and Tiong, is related to Thrixspermum


    robinsonii Ames, but differs from that species by the much larger plant dimensions, and
    having flowers which are considerably smaller. It also differs in the triangular shape of the
    side lobes, and the oblanceolate shape of the petals.

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    Habitat and Distribution: Thrixspermum ravanii appears to be endemic to the island of
    Mindoro, in the Philippines. The senior author (JC) has recently been shown images of a
    species, from the central Philippine island of Leyte, which may prove to be Thrixspermum
    ravanii. On the island of Mindoro it grows as an epiphyte, at elevations of about 880 metres,
    in sub-montane forest. The species from Leyte grows at much lower elevations.

    Etymology: Named in honour of our good friend, Mr. Ravan Schneider, who has done much
    to add to our knowledge of the orchids of the Philippines, particularly those of northern
    Mindoro. Mr. Schneider has added numerous new locality records, for both genera and
    species, for both Mindoro and the Philippines.

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