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cuneate below, apex equally or unequally obtusely bilobed, texture coriaceous, 6-
11 x 2-6.5 cm, dark green. Inflorescence terminal, 3-9 flowered, erect to porrect,
flowers borne 1-1.5 cm apart, all opening simultaneously; peduncle 6-7 cm long;
rachis 4-5 cm long; floral bract ovate to elliptic, acute, 0.5-0.9 cm long. Flowers
with pale ochre, pale orange or pale yellow sepals and petals, lighter toward the base, labellum whitish or pale yellow with orange or crimson streaks and spots
inside on the side lobe and some brown or yellow pigment on the mid-lobe,
pedicel and ovary slender, 3-4 cm long; dorsal sepal oblong, obtuse, 1.7-1.8 x 0.5-0.6 cm, 7 nerved; lateral sepal obliquely oblong to oblong-ovate, obtuse, 1.3-
1.4 x 0.5-0.6 cm, obscurely carinate on the reverse, 10-11 nerved; petal narrowly oblong, ligulate, obtuse, 1.6 x 0.3-0.4 cm, 6 nerved; labellum trilobed, cuneate at
base, 1.1-1.2 x 0.8 cm, side lobes erect, obliquely oblong, obtuse to truncate, margin undulate, often irregularly lobed, 0.8-0.9 cm long; mid-lobe transversely
elliptic, trilobed, thickened, fleshy, 0.4-0.5 x 0.6 cm, side lobules oblong, truncate, incurved, mid-lobule rounded; disc with several irregular, rounded papillate calli
between side lobes and a thickened, papillose area at base of mid-lobe; column
porrect, straight to gently curving, shallowly concave, dilated distally, apical margin uneven, 0.8-0.9 cm long, foot incurved, 0.3 x 0.2 cm; anther cap cucullate,
conical above, truncate below, smooth, 1.5-1.6 x 1.9-2 mm.
Distribution : Mt. Arjuno, East Java.
Habitat
: Mountain forest at c. 2400 m asl.
Note : This species was described in 1996 by J.J. Wood and J.B. Comber and it
seems to be close related to E. cymbidioides. So far, this species is only known from Mt. Arjuno East Java. The specimen is not available and the type in Kew is
inaccessible. This description was based on publication Wood and Comber 1996.
2. Epigeneium cymbidioides Blume Summerh. Plate 1.
Desmotrichum cymbidioides Blume, Bijdr. 1825 552. Dendrobium cymbidioides Blume Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl. 1830 77.
Sarcopodium cymbidioides Blume Rolfe, Orch. Rev. 18 1910 238. Katherinea cymbidioides Blume A.D. Hawkes, Lloydia 19 1956 95.
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Epigeneium cymbidioides Blume Summerh comb.nov., Kew Bull. 1957 261; Comber, Orchids of Java 1990 247; Comber, Orchids of Sumatra 2001 678.
Type: Java, collector unknown, s.n. L, holo, photo image.
Rhizome creeping, branching, c. 3.5-6 mm in thickness, with brown
layered cataphylls. Root terete, fibrous, branching, surface smooth. Pseudobulb
globose - ellipsoid, 1.8-5 x 0.7-1.3 cm, angular, yellow, shiny, and placed very
closed to 3.5 cm apart on the rhizome. Leaves two on each of pseudobulb, elliptic
– long elliptic, 6.45-15 x 1.7-3.6 cm, obtuse, obliquely bilobe, coriaceous, green
and shiny, petiole 4-15 mm. Inflorescence terminal, 1 on each pseudobulb,
peduncle 4.2-7 cm with 2 sterile bracts, rachis shorter 2.3-5 cm, bring 5-7 flowers.
Flower c.4 cm wide, sepal and petal white at very base and dull yellow toward the
apex; dorsal sepal oblong, obtuse, 2.5 x 0.8 cm, 7 nerved; lateral sepal slightly lanceolate, oblique and wider at base, sub acute, 2.3 x 0.9 cm 7 nerved; petal
narrower or strap shape, obtuse, 2.4 x 0.55 cm; labelum trilobes, with several
irregular undulating calli at the base, side lobes erect, two knob near the mid-lobe,
the mid-lobe rhomboid, acute, mostly yellow and white at the margin; column
white, c. 9 mm, purple streak on inside surface, column foot 5 mm.
Distribution
: Mt. Gede-Pangrango, Ranca Cibodas, Mt. Salak, Mt. Ciremai West Java, Wonosobo Central Java, Mt. Talamau, Mt Sago Malintang West
Sumatra.
Habitat
: on higher mountain forest from up to 2,000 m asl, flowering time: May, July, August, and October.
Note : this species show great plasticity in cultivation; the pseudobulb become
longer and the angle disappear or blunt, leaves become much longer and soft. The flower at the beginning yellowish green and later turn to dull yellow, the size is
larger compare to the native ones. Lip shape almost similar to E. triflorum, but different in the calli found on the base of the labellum.
Specimen examined
: Java, 2,200 m asl, 1919, L.J. van Bligs sn BO; West Java, Ranca Cibodas, 1,900 m asl, July 19 1935, J.H. de Haan 7 BO; Mt. Salak 2,200
m asl, August 8, 1931, V.J. Lam BO; Kandang Badak 2,400 m asl, July 21 1928, C.G.G.J. van Steenis 1979 BO; Mt. Salak 1,600-2,200 m asl, July 15-16 1941,
C.G.G.J. van Steenis 12392 BO; Kandang badak 2,300 m asl, May 27 1914
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BO; Central Java, Dieng, Wonosobo, 2,550 m asl, Irawati 910 BO; West Sumatra, Mt. Talamau 2,100 m, May 1919, Bunnenmeijer 921a BO.
3. Epigeneium dempoense J.J. Sm. Summerh. Plate 2
