Oberonia bicornis Lindl. 1830

Drawing by © Seidenfaden and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Two Horned Oberonia

Flower Size .08" [2 mm]

Found in Bangladesh, Assam, and Karnataka India in semi-evergreen forests on higher plateaus at elevations of 200 to 1200 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with membraneous, acute to obtuse, semi-falcate leaves that blooms in the fall on a very slender, curved, to 4" [10 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with setaceous, longer than the flowers floral bracts and carrying reddish yellow flowers.

Synonyms Iridorkis bicornis (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Malaxis bicornis (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861; Oberonia umbonata Blatt. & McCann 1931

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Indian Orchids: A Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 Drawing fide; Orchid Monographs Vol 4 Ansari & Balakrishnan 1990 drawing fide; Lankesteriana Vol 18 [1]: 23–62 Jalal & Jayanth 2018; Orchids of Maharashtra Jalal 2018;

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