Oberonia drepanophylla Schltr. 1911 SUBGENUS Menophyllum Section Platyacron

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Peter O'Byrne, André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulenand Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

Another Plant Photo courtesy of Wolfgang H. Bandisch. Photo by Peter O'Byrne Copyright © 1998, 1999 All rights reserved. And his Papua & New Guinea Orchid Species site

Common Name The Sickle-Like Leaf Oberonia

Flower Size 1/16" [3 mm]

Found as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte from Papua and New Guinea on branches of trees along river, creeks and stream where it forms large mat colonies that can strech for 20 feet[6.5 meters] on humus-covered branches at elevations of sea-level to 720 meters in elevation with a pendant stem carrying several, curved leaves held in a fan-shape that blooms at most any time of the year on a terminal, pendant to arching, 2 1/2 to 6" [6-15 cm] long, racemose, densely many flowered inflorescence that is best mounted to accomodate the pendant inflorescence. The flowers are held in whorls of 10 or so small flowers that are well spaced on the inflorescence and occur at any time but most often in the summer. This species can produce keikis on damaged stems that can be removed and easily cultivated.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;Flora Malesiana; Orchids of New Guinea Vol IV Schuitman, deVogel 2006

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