Oberonia anthropophora Lindl. 1830

Plant and Flowers Photo by © Milan Vagner

Common Name The Mannikin Carrying Oberonia [refers tothe lips looking like a little man]

Flower Size .1" [.2 cm]

Found in the eastern Himalayas, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Hainan China and Vietnam at elevations around 400 meters with a short stem enveloped completely by leaf bearing sheaths carrying 5, unequal, uncurved leaves that blooms in the fall on a 6 to 7.2" [15 to 18 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence. Notice the tiny man like figure in the

Synonyms Iridorchis anthropophora (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Malaxis anthropophora (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1953; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; The Orchids of Bhutan Cribb & Pearce 2001;

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