Species Information - Glomera kamay-nolomi

Glomera kamay-nolomi Ormerod, Malesian Orchid J. 16 (2015) 60.

Type: G. Weiblin, M. Evans, B. Isua & S. Majneb 1056 (holo A).

Synonyms:

Epiphytic herb. Roots terete, wiry, 0.05-0.1 cm thick. Rhizome not seen. Stem subterete, rather laxly many­leaved. 28-42 by 0.2-0.45 cm thick, with numerous 3-5-leaved branchlets 1.5-3.5 by-0.2 cm that each arise from a node opposite the leaf lamina, each branchlet curves across the stem but in the opposite direction to the one before it. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, lanceolate, 1.6-2.2 by 0.36-0.6 cm; leaf sheaths tubular, truncate, exposed part 0.55-1.2 cm long (primary stem) or 0.15-0.4 cm long(branchlets). Inflorescence terminal, on primary stem and branchlets, seemingly without bracts or sheaths, c. 6-flowered. Pedicel and ovary clavate, c. 0.48 cm long. Median sepal ovate-elliptic, 0.38 by 0.28 cm; lower margin sometimes partly united to lateral sepals; apex subacute; 3-nerved. Lateral sepals obliquely ovate-elliptic, c. 0.39 by 0.29-0.3 cm (0.3 cm long along upper margin); apex subacute; 3-4-nerved; inner margins united in lower half to form a deeply retuse synsepal um that forms a 0.15 cm long enclosure of the spur. Petals obovate, 0.38-0.39 by 0.21 cm; apex obtuse; 3-5-nerved. Lip spurred, entire, joined to column for c. 0.06 cm; spur ellipsoid-obovoid, c. 0.15 by 0.18 cm, with obtuse apex; epichile widely ovate, c. 0.13 by 0.18 cm, with apically thickened midnerve and obtuse apex, 9-nerved. Column slightly arched, 0.19 cm long (to rostellum tip); arms deltate, acute.
(after Ormerod 2015)

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