Glomera Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 372

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Arethuseae

Subtribe: Coelogyninae

Synonyms: Giulianettia Rolfe , Glossorhyncha Ridl. , Ischnocentrum Schltr. , Sepalosiphon Schltr. , Thylacoglossum (Schltr.) Brieger

A genus of c. 122 species; c. 120 species in Malesia.

Distribution: Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea, east to Samoa

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Glomera sp. (section Glomera), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea Glomera sp. (section Uniflorae), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea Glomera cf. rigidula J.J.Sm. (section Uniflorae), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea
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Glomera acutiflora (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. (section Uniflorae), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea Glomera erythrosma Blume (section Glomera), drawing by J.J. Smith  

last updated: 21 March 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera