Malesian Orchid Journal Vol. 15

The Malesian Orchid Journal, a new twice-yearly publication, will publish scientific and semi-popular articles on the taxonomy, ecology and conservation of the native orchids of the Malesian—the area formerly known as the East Indies. Malesia traditionally comprises the Philippines, Sundaland (Malay Peninsula, Greater Sunda Islands (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi), Lesser Sunda Islands (e.g. Bali, Lombok, Komodo, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor), and Papuasia (Maluku, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, but excluding Bougainville). Many of the world’s biodiversity hotspots are located in Malesia. The flora may be represented by as many as 30,000 flowering plants, including 6000 native orchid species in 200 genera. Approximately 3000 species are recorded from the island of New Guinea alone, while Mount Kinabalu on Borneo, an area of only about 1200 km2, has 850 taxa of orchids in 137 general.

Contents

• Editorial
• Notes on Borneo Orchids 1: New Species and New Records by Peter O’Byrne
• A New Malaysian Dilochia from Mount Kinabalu by Paul Ormerod
• Addendum — Cylindrolobus benchaii by Anthony Lamb
• Three New Species of Bulbophyllum from Indonesia by Jaap J. Vermeulen and Anton Sieder
• Book Review by Jim Cootes
• Two New Species of Bulbophyllum by Jaap J. Vermeulen and Max Kindler
• Bulbophyllum praetervisum, a New Record of Orchidaceae for the Flora of Peninsular Malaysia by Ong Poh Teck and Peter O’Byrne
• A Revision of Gastrodia in Peninsular Malaysia by Ong Poh Teck
• Cryptostylis carinata, A New Orchid Record for the Philippines by Peter O’Byrne and Ravan Schneider
• New and Little-known Species of Thrixspermum from Peninsular Malaysia and Sulawesi by Peter O’Byrne, Ong Poh Teck and Jaap J. Vermeulen
• Saccolabiopsis viridiflora — A New Generic Record for Borneo by Peter O’Byrne, Linus Gokusing and Ling Chea Yiing
• A.W. Nieuwenhuis — a ‘Borneo Livingstone’, with Notes on Dendrobium nieuwenhuisii by Jeffrey J. Wood