Glomera elegantula (Schltr.) J.J.Sm 1908 SECTION Uniflorae
Plant and Flower Photos by Dr Ed de Vogel © and the Orchids of New Guinea Website
Drawing by Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name or Meaning The Elegant Glomera
Flower Size
Found in New Guinea on trees in montane forests at elevations of 1700 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the summer on a single flowered inflorescence
This species and G confusa are quite similar and differ mainly in the column and lip.
Synonyms *Glossorhyncha elegantula Schltr. 1905
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912 as Glossorhynchya elegantula drawing close
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