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

Part Shade Hot LATE WinterEARLYSpring

Common Name The Oval Oberonia [refers to the lip]

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea at elevations around 150 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with a very short rhizome giving rise to a short, erect, leafy stem carrying 4, erect-patent, ligulate, obtuse, subfalcate, glabrous leaves that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an arcuate, gracefully pedunculate, to .68" [1.7 cm] long, rachis to to 1" [2.5 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute, dorsally carinate, equal to the ovary floral bracts.

Synonyms

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

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