Oberonia jenkinsiana Griff. ex Lindl. 1859 SUBGENUS Menophyllum
Plant and Inflorescence Photo by © Guy Van der Kinderen
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Common Name or Meaning Jenkin's Oberonia [English Collector 1800's]
Flower Size 1/20" [1mm]
Found in Assam, the eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Myanamar, Thailand and southern China at elevations of 400 to 1200 meters as a warm to cool growing epiphtye with a short stem carrying 4 to 5, linear-ensiform, acute to subacute, leaves in a fan shape that blooms in the fall on a decurved, verticillate, 4" [10 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with filiform, subsimilar, reflexed floral bracts
Synonyms Iridorkis jenkinsiana (Griff. ex Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Malaxis jenkinsiana (Griff. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Bhutan Cribb & Pearce 2002
