Oberonia emarginata King & Pantl. 1898 SUBGENUS Menophyllum
Photo by © Daniel L Geiger and Oberonia The Microscopists delight Website
Drawing by © Seidenfaden and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
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Common Name The Notched Oberonia [refers to the lip apex]
Flower Size .04" [1 mm]
Found in Assam, the eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam at elevations of 950 to 2000 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with an erect to pendent, short stem carrying 5 to 7, linear-ensiform, acute to subacute leaves that blooms in the late summer and early fall on an erect, terminal, verticillate, peduncle, bracteate, .4 to .6" [1 to 1.5 cm] long, rachis 1 to 2.2" [2.5 to 5.5 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with linear-lanceolate, acute floral bracts.
Synonyms Oberonia micrantha King & Pantl. 1895
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as O micrantha drawing fide; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 33 nr 1 Orchids of Thailand VII Oberonia & Malaxis Seidenfaden 1978 drawing fide; Indian Orchids, A Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 as O micrantha drawing good; Orchid Monographs Vol 4 Ansari & Balakrishnan 1990 drawing fide/photo good; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; The Orchids of Bhutan Pierce & Cribb 2002; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #9 2014 photo fide;
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