Oberonia toppingii Ames 1914 Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Flicker Orchid Photostream

Another Inflorescence

Plant And Flowers Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids, Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved

Part Shade HotWinter

Common Name Topping's Oberonia [Original Collector of Species 1900's]

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in The Philippines at elevations below 300 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with a semi-pendulous stem enveloped completely by imbricating, conduplicate, lanceolate leaves that blooms on a pendant, 4" [to 10 cm] long, racemose, densely many flowered inflorescence in the fall and winter.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003;