Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames

NEW YORK BOT/^ICAL GARDEN
10062« Calanthe triplioata Ames. Small clump« upon
damp sail of wood« at 4000 feet; leaves membranous, deep green
on the upper tide« glauceecent or aaofa paler green beneath;
«trict flowering «talk terete, dark green; bract« subtending
the flower« folieoeouss bud« and oderle«« flower« creamy white
even the pedicel» but turning dull yellow
April. 1908.
How with age; Bumaguet*,
SLMER’S FIELÎXNOm
11902* Calanthe trlplleata Ames* Terrestrial
clumps «jmongst grassy thicket« in fertile «oil at 3000
feet on the Taion eide of the mountain ranges «terns erect^
pale green# somewhat compressed» braeteate, 3 1/2 feet
high; leave« ascendingly recurred, coriaceous; similarly
green on both «ides, plicate; flower« divaricate» odorless,
the outer organ* pale green on the outeide, purplish on
the inner, the inner organ« yellowish white with purple
streak«; the green fruit« hanging» elongated elliptleh.
nearly 3 inches long, strongly 6-ridged; "LackUeM;*
'*”• **"•	Elmers field notes
Ex Herb. Oakes Ames
Flora of the Philippines
Orchidaceae
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COLLECTED HY.	wn 4.«. U. .
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