Species Information - Glomera diffusa

Glomera diffusa (P.Royen) J.M.H.Shaw, Orchid Rev., Suppl. 124(1314) (2016) 36

Type: Brass 9041 (holo L; iso BRI)

Synonyms:

• Glossorhyncha diffusa P.Royen, Alp. Fl. New Guinea 2 (1979) 601, fig. 210

Much branched, scrambling herb. Stems slender, glabrous. Leaves patent, coriaceous, glabrous, lanceolate-ovate to linear-ovate, 0.6-1.6 by 0.1 cm, obtuse and dorsoventrally flattened at tip, mid-rib grooved above, crested below, lateral nerves one on either side of mid-rib but visible on underside only and markedly crested; sheaths warty mainly on the ribs, tubular, 0.2-0.8 cm long, at tip setose-fimbriate, bristles very sparsely finely warty or glabrous, ribbed. Spathe obovoid-tubular, 1.1 by 0.3 cm, obtuse and apiculate, 5-6-nerved, scattered warty mainly on the nerves. Ovary narrowly oblong-clavate, 1.5 by 0.15 cm, 3-sided, glabrous. Median sepal glabrous, linear, but ovate in basal part, 1.8 by 0.3 cm, subacute, 5-nerved. Lateral sepal free, glabrous, similar to median sepal, at base with an oblong 0.6 by 0.1 cm large obtuse appendage, 8-nerved. Petals glabrous, oblong-elliptic, 1.5 by 0.25 cm, rather obtuse, 5-nerved. Lip adnate to base of column, free part broadly ovate-rhombic, 3-lobed, 0.35 by 0.4 cm, obtuse and thickened at tip, very finely papillate on inside and along margin, nerves not visible; spur glabrous, clavate, 1.5 by 0.15 cm, dorsally compressed, 2-lobed at tip. Column short, curved, 0.2 by 0.2 by 0.15 cm, clinandrium erose-lobed. Anther not seen. Capsule not seen.
(After Van Royen, 1979).

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