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Note NAT. HIST. BULL. SlAM Soc. 53(2): 261-262，2 005 Calanthe puberula Lindl. (Orchidaceae)-New Record for Thailand During one of the botanical survey住ipsfor the Westem Forest Ecosystem Management Project (WEFCOM Project)，1 c ollected an unknown species of Calanthe in the Doi Kajela mountain range，U mpang Wildlife Sanctuary，T ak: Province，no rth・westτ'hailandon 24 Apri12001 (van de Bult 412). It was found in shady understory of open，pr imy，evergr n，釘田 seasonal，h ardwood forest with low sta伽rene紅 agap at an elevation of 2100 m，w here it was rare. It remained unknown for several years until Dr. Somran Suddee (BK町suggested it to be Calanthe puberula L泊d，.lwhich is an ew record for 官lailand. SEIDENFADEN (1975) lists 15 species of Calanthe for Thailand. Another species w 部副dedto the list泊 1995(SEIDENFADEN，19 95). Myc ollection is出e17曲speciesof Calanthe for 百lailand.官llSsp回iesis an evergreen，te rres凶alherb up to 45 cmt all. It is distinguished 仕omother species by having ac ombination of as hort stem (i.e. less than the length of出e petioles) without f1eshy pseudobulbs，un jointed leaves，pe rsistent f10ral bracts，ab sence of as pur，li p with conspicuous side lobes，an d ar hombic midlobe with two keels at the base and crenulate margins. It is in subgenus Calanthe sect. Calanthe (SEIDENFADEN，1 992). Identification has been confimled by J. F. Maxwell (CMU) by using SEIDENFADEN'S (1992) revision of Indo・ChineseCalanthe，w hich has also 17 species. Thea ccompanying draw泊g(p. 95) depicts ad istinct pseudobulb which according to his key and mys pecimen， eabsent. PRADHAN (1979) also mentions ap seudobulb，b ut the drawing (p. 254) is 釘 similar to that of Seidenfaden's.百leother aspects of these drawings，es pecially the lip， conform with my material.百lespecific epithet of白isspecies refers to the finely and sparsely puberulous pedicels，s epals，阻dpetals. According to PRADHAN (1979) and SEIDENFADEN (1992)白e“自owers"are lavender，bu t mym aterial the pedicel was reddish- pu中le，the lip w鎚 lightpu中le，the sepals and petals were white-light purple，a nd the column was bright orange-yellow. PRADHAN (1979) noted af1 0wering time of July-August， which is different from myc ollection. Calanthe puberula Lindl. was described by the British botanist John Lindley (1799-1865)，a p rom泊entorchidologist of his time，泊 1833from material collected in subtropical NWH imalayas (Hoo阻 R，1890). Thed is甘ibutiongiven by PRADHAN (1979) is from Simla through Nepal，Si kkim and Bhutan，to Khasia and Naga Hills at elevations of 1700ー2500m. SEIDENFADEN (1992) notes白紙出isspecies is known from Langbian， Vietnam at 2000 m elevation with further distribution in China and Japan.τ'his species can be added to Seidenfaden's key to百国 species(SEIDENFADEN，1 975) with the following amendments on page 10: A. Pseudobulbs absent，le aves evergreen and not jointed at the base B. Inflorescence lax; bracts well-spaced，pe rsistent C. Spur absent.....・・.........・・...・・-…Calanthepuberula Lind1. H H H C. Spur present B. lnf10rescence compact，br acts deciduous A. Pseudobulbs present，le aves jo泊tedat出ebase and deciduous 261 262 NOTE Specimens 'edeposited in the Forest Herbarium (BK町inBangkok and Chiang Mai 釘 University Herbarium (CMU)凶 ChiangMa .i Acknowledgements: 1w ould like to出ankDr. Somran Suddee (BK町andJ. F. Maxwell (CMU) for the identification of mys pecimen，J. F. Maxwell for providing mew ith detailed botanical notes and reviewing my manuscript dPranee Palee (CMU) for typing and ，組 sending me the notes. REFERENCES HOOK限，J. D. 1890. Orchideae泊FIoraof British India V，84 8. PRAD臥 N，U. C. 1979. Indian Orchids，G uide to Identification & Culture 2，25 4. SEIDENFAD聞，G. 1975. Orchid Genera加古lailand1，C alanthe R. Br. Dansk Bot. Ark. 29: 2，1 -50 S困問FAD聞，G. 1992. TheO rchids of Indo・China.句eraBot飢 ica114，9 4 and fig. 50 (p 95). SEIDENFADEN，G. 1995. Con凶butionsto the Orchid FIora of Thailand. Opera Botanica 124，17 . Martin van de Bult Westem Forest Complex Ecosystem Management Project (WEFCOM) 84・yearsanniversary bldg，3曲目oor，Royal Forest Dep紅tment Phaholyo白泊 rd.，Chatuchak，B angkok 10900 [email protected]