Oberonia mannii Hook.f. 1890
Plant and Flowers in situ China
Photos by © Chinafield and The www.planta.ca Website
Type Drawing From Icones 21 Hooker 1890.
Common Name Mann's Oberonia [German Forest Engineer in British India later 1800's] - In China Xiao Hua Yuan Wei Lan
Flower Size 1/30th" [.07mm]
Found in Tibet, Yunnan and Fujian provinces of China, Assam and Bangladesh at elevations around 1000 to 2000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with an erect stem carrying 5 to 9, alternate, linear, laterally compressed, acuminate, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, 1.2 to 2.6" [3 to 6.5 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, long acuminate floral bracts and carrying yellow to greenish yellow, verticillate flowers.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones 21 Hooker 1890 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Fascile 6 Ames 1922; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959?; Indian Orchids, A Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 Drawing fide; Orchid Monographs Vol 4 Ansari & Balakrishnan 1990 drawing fide; Indian Orchids: A Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 Drawing fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven and Deyuan 2009; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Mountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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