Oberonia rufilabris Lindl.1838

Inflorescence Photo by © Karel & Alex Petrzelka and the Vietnam Orchid Website

Common Name The Fox-Red Lip Oberonia

Flower Size

Found in India, Bangladesh, Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia China and Vietnam at elevations of 300 to 1000 meters as a hot to warm growinng epiphyte that blooms inthe winter on an erect to arching, densely many flowered inflorescence with the apical flowers opening first.

Synonyms Iridorkis rufilabris (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Malaxis rufilabris (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861; Oberonia neotixieri Guillaumin 1963; Oberonia pantlingiana L.R.Shakya & R.P.Chaudhary 1999; Oberonia pulchrebracteata Tixier & Guillaumin 1963; Oberonia tiomanensis M.R.Hend. 1930

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing