Oberonia padangensis Schltr. 1911 SUBGENUS Menophyllum SECTION Platyacron
Photo by © Art Vogel
Plant and Flowers in situ Cameron Highlands Malaysia
Photos by © David Kuehn
Common Name or Meaning The Padang Oberonia [An area of Western Sumatra]
Flower Size .12" [3 mm]
Found in Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, New Guinea and Sulawesi in riverine forests at elevations of 250 to 1800 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with a flattened stem carrying about 12, falcate-lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the fall on a pendulous, 6" + [15 cm+] long, densly many flowered, shortly pilose and ribbed infloresence and carrying color variable, mushroom scented flowers.
Synonyms Iridorkis spathulata (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Malaxis equitans Blume 1825; Malaxis spathulata Rchb.f. 1861; Malaxis spiralis Rchb.f. 1861; Oberonia betongensis Kerr 1927; Oberonia spathulata Lindl. 1830; Oberonia spiralis Lindl. 1859
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905 as O spathulata; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 as O spathulata drawing fide; *Contributions to Knowledge of the Orchid Flora of Sumatra Schlechter 1911; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1911/85; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957 as O spathulata; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitnand 1959 as O betongensis drawing fide; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 33 nr 1 Orchids of Thailand VII Oberonia & Malaxis Seidenfaden 1978 drawing fide; The Orchids of the High Mountains of New Guinea Van Royen 1979 as O spathulata; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing/photo fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 as O spiralis; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 as Oberonia spiralis Lindl. 1859; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #6 2019 photo fide;
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