Glomera confusa J.J.Sm.1912 SECTION Uniflorae Photo by Copyright © Rogier Van Vugt and His PBase Orchid Photo Website
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 Confused Glomera [refers to it's being placed in various genera]
Flower Size
Found in New Guinea on trees in montane forests at elevations of 1000 to 1200 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the winter on a single flowered inflorescence
This species and G elegantula are quite similar and differ mainly in the column and lip.
Synonyms Ceratochilus papuanus Kraenzl. ex Warb 1893; Ceratostylis papuana (Kraenzl. ex Warb.) Kraenzl. 1900; Glossorhyncha papuana (Kraenzl. ex Warb.) Schltr.1912
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912 as Glossorhyncya papuana drawing close
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