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Glomera hamadryas

Glomera hamadryas (Schltr.) J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 15 (1908) 28

Type: Schlechter 14015 (holo B, lost; iso BO, K ,NSW, P)

Synonyms:

Glossorhyncha hamadryas Schltr. in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 130
- Type: Schlechter 14015 (holo B, lost; iso BO, K ,NSW, P)
Glomera fimbriata J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 39 (1910) 14
- Type: Römer, von 1289 (holo BO; iso L)
Glossorhyncha fimbriata (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 295
Glomera fimbriata J.J.Sm. var. gracilis J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 12, 3 (1915) 248
- Type: Pulle (Versteeg) 2472 (holo BO?; iso L)
Glossorhyncha acutipetala (J.J.Sm.) P.Royen, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 9, 1 (1974) 82
Glossorhyncha daymanensis P.Royen, Alp. Fl. New Guinea 2 (1979) 567, fig. 196
- Type: Brass 22769 (holo K; iso L)
Glossorhyncha hamadryas Schltr. var. foliosa Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 296
- Type: Schlechter 16911 (holo B, lost; iso AMES, K)
Glossorhyncha hamadryas Schltr. var. phaeotricha Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 297
- Type: Schlechter 17152 (syn B, lost; isosyn BO, K); 17212 (syn B, lost; isosyn AMES, BO, L); 19014 (syn B, lost)
Glossorhyncha pulchra Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 297
Glomera pulchra (Schltr.) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 8 (1912) 12

Roots elongated, glabrous. Stems decumbent to pendulous, branching, terete, slightly compressed towards the apex, 25-35 cm long, branches sometimes rooting, many-leaved. Leaf sheaths about half as long as the leaf-blades, with raised veins, margin lacerate-ciliate. Leaves erect-patent, linear-ligulate, 1-3 by 0.15-0.25 cm, coriaceous, apex unequally bilobulate. Inflorescences terminal, 1-flowered, sessile. Floral bract cucullate, slightly longer than the ovary. Flower c. 1 cm across. Dorsal sepal oblong, 0.8 cm long, apex narrowly obtuse to acute. Lateral sepals subfalcate-oblong, in front towards the base a little widened, 0.7 cm long, apex apiculate; not cohering. Petals subfalcate, obovate-spatulate, 0.7 cm long, apex obtuse. Lip oblong, 0.35 cm long, spurred, apex narrowly obtuse; spur saccate, ovoid, half as long as the lip-blade, obtuse. Column short, clinandrium large; column-foot slightly elongated. Anther orbicular, apex ascending, narrowly obtuse. Pollinia obliquely oblanceolate.
(After Schlechter, 1905, as Glossorhyncha hamadryas Schltr.).

Colours:

Flower white, lip at apex with two blood-red spots.

Habitat:

Epiphyte in hill and montane forest. Altitude 500-1800 m.

Distribution:

Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).

Distribution New Guinea:

Papua (Indonesia); Papua New Guinea. See map

Cultivation:

Intermediate-cool growing epiphyte, keep in shade.

Flowering time in the wild:

January, July.

Classification:

Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Arethuseae
Subtribe Coelogyninae
Genus Glomera
Section Uniflorae
Species Glomera hamadryas

Literature:

Smith, J.J., Nova Guinea 8, 3 (1911) 539, t. 82C, as Glomera fimbriata J.J.Sm.
Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 296, as Glossorhyncha hamadryas Schltr.
Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 108, fig. 403, as Glossorhyncha hamadryas Schltr.
Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 108, fig. 404, as Glossorhyncha hamadryas Schltr. var. foliosa Schltr.
Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 108, fig. 405, as Glossorhyncha hamadryas Schltr. var. phaeotricha Schltr.
Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 107, fig. 402, as Glossorhyncha pulchra Schltr.
Royen, P. van, Alp. Fl. New Guinea 2 (1979) 561, fig. 194, as Glossorhyncha fimbriata (J.J.Sm.) Schltr.
Royen, P. van, Alp. Fl. New Guinea 2 (1979) 563, fig. 195L & M, as Glossorhyncha hamadryas Schltr.
Royen, P. van, Alp. Fl. New Guinea 2 (1979) 566, fig. 195N, as Glossorhyncha hamadryas Schltr. var. foliosa Schltr.
Royen, P. van, Alp. Fl. New Guinea 2 (1979) 566, fig. 195A-K, as Glossorhyncha hamadryas Schltr. var. phaeotricha Schltr.

Notes:

A very common orchid in the mountain forests of New Guinea. A careful and much needed revision of the genus Glomera will undoubtedly bring to light several additional synonyms.