Malesian Orchid Journal Vol. 3

This is the third issue of Malesian Orchid Journal, which strives to disseminate up-to-date information on the diversity of this orchid-rich region. 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
• Slipper Orchids of Mount Kinabalu by Phillip Cribb and Jeffrey J. Wood
• A New Species of Dendrobium (section Calcarifera) from Borneo by Jeffrey J. Wood
• Dendrobium amboinense Hook. (sect. Fugacia): A Long-lost Species Rediscovered by Heinz Wurster, Roland Schettler and Jeffrey J. Wood
• A Revision of Diplocaulobium in Sulawesi by Peter O’Byrne and Jaap J. Vermeulen
• The Rare Plants and Orchid Conservatory at the Rimba Ilmu Botanical Garden, Malaysia’s First University Botanical Garden by M. Sugumaran and Y.W. Low
• New Species of Calanthe from the Malay Archipelago by Phillip Cribb
• Chrysoglossum ornatum Blume: A New Record for Borneo by Anthony Lamb
• Pennilabium armanii: A New Species from Peninsular Malaysia by Peter O’Byrne, S.N. Phoon and P.T. Ong
• Dendrobium jiewhoei: An Enigmatic Member of Section Calcarifera from Borneo by Jeffrey J. Wood