Tuberolabium guamense (Ames) J.J.Wood 1990 SECTION Trachoma

Photo by © Raulerson and Rinehart and The US Fish and Wildlife Service Website

Common Name The Guam Tuberolabium

Flower Size

Found on Guam, the Marianas and Cook Island as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with a short stem enveloped completely by leaf bases carrying leathery, oblong leaves that blooms on an axillary, 1.4" [3.5 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Saccolabium guamense Ames 1914; Trachoma guamense (Ames) Garay 1972

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988 Ferns and Orchids of the Mariana Islands Raulerson & Rinehart 1992 as Trachoma guamensephoto fide;

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