Malesian Orchid Journal Vol. 22

The Malesian Orchid Journal, an annual 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.

Table of contents

1. Editorial
2. Notes on Borneo Orchids 5: New and Little-known Species by Peter O’Byrne and Linus Gokusing
3. Flora of Peninsular Malaysia — A Revision of Dendrobium, Section Aporum, Bolbodium Group by Peter O’Byrne
4. Dendrobium nangajuense, a New Species from Nanga Ju, Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarawak by Ling Chea Yiing & Peter O’Byrne
5. Bulbophyllum veldkampii J.J. Verm. & O’Byrne (section Lepidorhiza, Orchidaceae), a New Record for Indonesian New Guinea by Lina S. Juswara & Jaap J. Vermeulen
6. Preptanthe ruthiae, a New and Threatened Orchid Species from the Pahang Limestone Hills, Peninsular Malaysia by Ong Poh Teck and Peter O’Byrne
7. Dendrobium section Diplocaulobium subsection Goniobulbon (Orchidaceae) 1: The Species with 4 or 5 Keels on the Epichile by Ed de Vogel, Rogier van Vugt and Eline Hoogendijk