Pholidota rubra Lindl.

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 199

Pholidota rubra Lindl. , Gen . Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 37, 1830

Homotypic synonym: Coelogyne rubra (Lindl.) Rchb. f. in Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6: 238, 1861.

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Unspecified: Oct 1898, Mokim s.n. ( BM), det. E. F. de Vogel; Putao District : 915–1220 m, 28 Nov 1931, Kingdon-Ward 10179 ( BM), det. E. F. de Vogel; same loc., 1830–2135 m, 24 Nov 1937, Kingdon-Ward 13506 ( BM), det. E. F. de Vogel; same loc., Dec 2015, Saw Lwin KSL 1083 ( RAF); same loc., fide Nyan Tun (2014: 383); Myitkyina District : 900−1100 m, 7 Dec 2005, Murata et al. 041261 ( MBK, TI) . CHIN. Mindat District : 2500 m, 24 Apr 2003, Murata et al. 029665 ( MBK), det. T. Yukawa .? MON. ‘ Amherst District’: Jan 1912, Lace s.n. ( E), det. E. F. de Vogel. WITHOUT LOCALITY. Griffith s.n., Kew Distr. 5387 ( K). Reported from Sagaing and Mandalay regions by Kress et al. (2003: 86), but we have not seen any material from these areas.

Distribution:— The eastern Himalayas, northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

Notes:— A photo identified as P. carnea (Blume) Lindl. in Nyan Tun (2014: 383) actually represents P. rubra . According to de Vogel (1988: 49) five collections from Kachin State at BM and E also belong here.