Globba cataractarum

Stout herb, 60100 cm tall. Leaf sheaths c.4, bladeless, green or light brown at basal sheaths, sparsely pubescent; ligule truncate or shallowly bilobed, c.3 mm long; blades 812, elliptic to ovate, 1626 4.75.6 cm, base obliquely cuneate to obtuse, apex acuminate, strigillose along midrib and vein, sessile. Inflorescence narrowly conical, 1225 48 cm; peduncle 25.5 cm long; rachis glabrous, green; bracts caducous, linear, c.12 2 mm; bracteoles caducous, oblong to elliptic, 25 0.51 mm, sparsely pubescent at margin, yellowish to light green; cincinni numerous, 0.53.2 cm long, to 8 flowers per cincinnus, c.2 mm apart. Flowers c.3 cm long; ovary ovoid, c.2 mm long (), shallowly ridged; calyx infundibuliform, c.2 mm long, trilobed with obtuse apices, pubescent at margins, yellowish to green; floral tube 1416 mm long, orange, dorsal and lateral corolla lobes elliptic, c.5 12 mm, greenish orange; lateral staminodes lanceolate, c.10 1.5 mm, apex acuminate, longer than lateral corolla lobes, orange, glandular hairy; labellum

triangular, c.6 5 mm, pure orange or with two brown spots at centre, base truncate, apex round to acute, nectar tube c.4 mm long; filament c.27 mm long, orange; anther elliptic, 11.5 mm long, connective tissue, crest and appendages white, semitranslucent, crest c.1 mm long at tip, appendages falcate, c.2 mm long, held perpendicular to anther, base covering whole side of anther, apex abruptly acuminate and curved upwards, margins parallel at base, upper margin straight or slightly curved, lower margin strongly curved to apex, anthers without crest, appendages falcate, narrower than , c.3 mm long, held at c.45 to anthers, base covering nearly whole side of anther, apex acuminate, slightly curved, margins parallel almost to apex. Fruit ellipsoid to nearly globose, 716 612 mm, shallowly ridged, shiny green. Bulbils bamboo-like, 1 or 2, produced at peduncle, obovoid, c.10 8 mm, scaly.

Globba chrysochila

Herb 4070 cm tall. Leaf sheaths c.4, bladeless, green or light brown at basal sheaths; ligule bilobed, c.2 mm long, glabrous; blades 410, lanceolate to elliptic, 9.520 1.44 cm, base cuneate or obtuse, apex acuminate, glaucous and pubescent below, glabrous above, sessile. Inflorescence conical, 1026 915 cm; peduncle 12 cm long; rachis glabrous, white or green; bracts and bracteoles caducous, linear to oblong, 525 mm long, apex acute, green, ciliate; cincinni lax, 310 cm long, pedicel c.1 mm long. Flowers c.3 cm long, corolla white with yellowish orange spot on labellum; ovary ellipsoid, 13 mm long (), ridged; calyx infundibuliform, 57 mm long, trilobed with acute apices, green becoming white at margin; floral tube 1113 mm long, dorsal and lateral corolla lobes narrowly elliptic, c.6 1 mm; lateral staminodes oblong to obovate, 1113 22.5 mm, apex obtuse; labellum triangular, c.5 4 mm, base long decurrent on filament, c.3 mm long, apex obtuse, nectar tube 23 mm long; filament c.19 mm long; anther elliptic, c.1.5 mm long, connective tissue, crest and appendages white, semitranslucent, crest elliptic, c.2 mm long at tip; appendages falcate, c.2.5 mm long, held perpendicular to anthers, base covering whole side of anther, apex acuminate and curved upwards, margins parallel almost to apex, anthers without crest, appendages falcate, narrower than , c.3.5 mm long, held at c.45 to anthers, base covering nearly whole side of anther, apex acuminate, slightly curved, margins parallel almost to apex. Fruit ellipsoid, c.17 5 mm, longitudinally ridged, green. Bulbils absent.

Globba decora

Herb, 7090 cm tall. Leaf sheaths c.4, bladeless, green or light brown at basal sheaths; ligule truncate to deeply bilobed, 37 mm long, margin hispid; blades 911, sessile, elliptic, 1922.5 33.5 cm, base obtuse, apex long acuminate, pubescent and glaucous below, glabrous above, dark green or with silver stripes along midrib. Inflorescence: rachis and cincinni rather thin, conical, 1218 911 cm; peduncle 12 cm long; rachis green, pubescent or glabrous; bracts and bracteoles caducous, yellowish green, linear to elliptic, 36 mm long, apex acute, glabrous; cincinni lax, 17.5 cm long, pubescent, pedicel 13 mm long. Flowers c.3.5 cm long, corolla orange with red spot at labellum; ovary ellipsoid, 46 mm long (), ridged, green; calyx infundibuliform, c.4 mm long, trilobed with acute apices, yellowish green; floral tube c.20 mm long, dorsal and lateral corolla lobes narrowly elliptic, c.5 1 mm; lateral staminodes linear, 1115 1 mm, apex long acuminate, more than three times longer than lateral corolla lobes, glandular hairy; labellum triangular, c.7 5 mm, base attenuate with thin texture decurrent on filament, c.4 mm long, apex praemorse, nectar tube c.4 mm long; filament 1924 mm long; anther elliptic, c.1.5 mm long, connective tissue, crest and appendages orange, semitranslucent, crest c.1 mm long at tip, appendages falcate, c.2.5 mm long, held perpendicular to anther, base covering whole side of anther, apex abruptly acuminate and curved upwards, margins parallel at base, upper margin straight or slightly curved, lower margin strongly curved to apex, anther crest as , appendages falcate, narrower than , c.4 mm long, held at c.45 to anther, base covering nearly whole side of anther, apex acuminate, slightly curved, margins parallel almost to apex. Fruit ellipsoid, c.1.5 0.8 cm, longitudinally ridged, green. Bulbils corky, produced at peduncle and within leaf sheaths, fusiform.

Globba francisci

Stout herb, 60150 cm tall. Leaf sheaths 35, bladeless, green or maroon at basal sheath; ligule bilobed, 12 mm long; blades 712, lanceolate, 1035 24.5 cm, base obliquely obtuse, apex acuminate, strigillose at midrib and margin above, pubescent below. Inflorescence conical, 1030 315 cm long; peduncle 13 cm long; rachis pubescent, green with maroon dots; bracts and bracteoles caducous, elliptic, 410 mm long, sparsely pubescent, green; cincinni numerous, to 20 flowers each. Flowers c.3 cm long, orange with red spot on labellum; ovary ellipsoid, c.3.5 mm long (), green, ridged; calyx infundibuliform, c.3.5 mm long, trilobed with acuminate apices and sparsely hairy margins, yellowish green; floral tube c.14 mm long, glandular hairy, dorsal and lateral corolla lobes elliptic, 34 2.53 mm, dorsal lobe slightly longer, mucronate at apex, c.1 mm long; lateral staminodes linear, 912 12 mm, apex long acuminate, slightly longer than lateral corolla lobes, patent, glandular hairy; labellum triangular, c.8 6 mm, base truncate, long decurrent on filament, c.3 mm long, cornicula at tip c.1 mm long, apex round to acute, nectar tube c.2.5 mm long; filament c.20 mm long; anther elliptic, 11.5 mm long, connective tissue, crest and appendages orange, semitranslucent, crest c.1 mm long at tip, appendages falcate, c.3 mm long, held perpendicular to anther, base covering whole side of anther, apex abruptly acuminate and curved upwards, margins parallel at base, upper margin straight or slightly curved, lower margin strongly curved to apex, anthers without crest, appendages falcate, narrower than , c.3 mm long, held at c.45 to anther, base covering nearly whole side of anther, apex acuminate, slightly curved, margins parallel almost to apex. Fruit ellipsoid, c.15 7 mm, longitudinally ridged. Bulbils corky, produced at peduncle or cincinni, globose to fusiform, c.515 mm long.

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