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Glomera papuana
Glomera papuana Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1899) 111
Type: Giulianetti s.n. (New Guinea, Oriomo R.) (holo K)
Synonyms:
- Glomera connexiva J.J.Sm., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65 (1933) 472
- Type: Kjellberg 1467 (Celebes, Mt. Poka Pendjang) (holo L; iso K) - Glomera transitoria J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11 (1913) 558
- Type: Gjellerup 1160 (holo BO; iso L)
Stems slender or rather thick, erect, 10-15 cm high, many-leaved. Leaves oblong or linear-lanceolate, obliquely and unequally bidentate, 2.5-3.8 by 0.2-0.63 cm; leaf-sheaths tuberculate-warty. Floral head 1.4-1.9 cm wide, 5-8-flowered. Floral bracts broadly ovate, subacute, striate, 0.63-0.84 cm long. Pedicel 0.42-0.63 com long. Median sepal ovate, subacute, concave, 0.32 cm long. Lateral sepals broadly ovate, subacute, concave, base oblique. Petals ovate, subacute, concave, 0.32 cm long. Lip deeply saccate at the base, obtuse, 0.42 cm by 0.21 cm; blade patent, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 0.16 cm long, the sides in the middle plicate-reflexed, disc 5-keeled. Column clavate, 0.26 cm long, wings oblong, obtuse. Mentum saccate-oblong, obtuse, 0.42 cm long.
(After Rolfe, 1899).
Not recorded.
Epiphytic in montane forest. Altitude 0-2100 m.
Malesia (New Guinea), Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.
Papua (Indonesia); Papua New Guinea. See map
Intermediate to cool growing epiphyte.
April, July, September, December.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Arethuseae
- Subtribe Coelogyninae
- Genus Glomera
- Section Glomera
- Species Glomera papuana
- Smith, J.J., Nova Guinea 12, 3 (1915) 244, t. 85, fig. 148, as Glomera transitoria J.J.Sm.
- Smith, J.J., Reinwardtia 1 (1950) t. 180, fig. II, as Glomera connexiva J.J.Sm.
- Lewis, B.A. & P.J. Cribb, Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville (1991) 150, fig. 34L-U
Synonymy after Ormerod (pers. comm.)
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Glomera papuana
Glomera transitoria J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, from Doorman 22
Glomera papuana
Glomera transitoria J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, from Gjellerup 1160
Glomera papuana
Glomera transitoria J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, from Gjellerup 1160
Glomera papuana
Glomera papuana Rolfe, herbarium sheet, Giulianetti s.n. (1896), holotype (K)
Glomera papuana
Glomera transitoria J.J.Sm., herbarium sheet, Gjellerup 1160, isotype specimen (L)
Glomera papuana
Glomera transitoria J.J.Sm., detail of herbarium sheet, Gjellerup 1160, isotype specimen (L)