Oberonia pumilio Rchb.f. 1857

Plant and Flowers Photo by © Photo by L.Y.Th. Westra from the Orchis project website

Full shadeWarmHot

Common Name The Dwarf Oberonia

Flower Size .05" [1.2mm]

Found in the western Himalayas, Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra and Vietnam in lowlands as a mini-miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with no noticeable stem carrying acute, fleshy leaves held in a fan that blooms on an axilalry, 2 to 3.2" [5 to 8 cm] long, many flowered, from the base inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the ovaries/pedicels floral bracts.

Synonyms Malaxis pumilio (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1861; Oberonia treubii Ridl. 1896

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001;

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