Oberonia diura Schltr. 1905 SUBGENUS Menophyllum SECTION Diurum Schlechter Type Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Part Shade Hot Warm LATE Winter EARLY Summer

Common Name The Two Tailed Oberonia [refers to the lip]

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea along creeks hanging from branches overhead at elevations around 250 to 600 meters as a laxly pendent, hot to warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the late winter to early summer.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1911/85 Drawing fide; The Orchids of The High Mountains of New Guinea Royen 1979;

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