Oberonia nephroglossa Schltr. 1911 SUBGENUS Menophyllum SECTION Platyacron Schlechter Type Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Kidney-Shaped Lip Oberonia

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea at elevations around 600 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with a very short rhizome giving rise to a very short, erect, densely leafy stem carrying 3 to 5, erect-patent to suberect, ligulate, acute to subacute, falcate-oblique leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect to suberect, to to 1.8" [4.5 cm] long, cylindrical, densely many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute, densely pectinate-dentate margin, dorsal muricate-papillose, equal to the ovary floral bracts.

Schlechter states that the flowers are a very dark brown.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1911 Drawing fide;

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