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Oberonia microphylla
Oberonia microphylla (Blume) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. (1830) 17
Type:
Synonyms:
- Oberonia microphylla (Blume) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. (1830) 17
- Iridorchis microphylla (Lindl.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 669
Basionym: Malaxis microphylla
Small epiphyte. Rhizome absent. Stems crowded, 6 cm long, c. 5-leaved, flexuose. Leaves linear, slightly falcate, 10 by 0.27 cm, apex acuminate. Inflorescences racemose, 7 cm long, as long as or usually shorter than the leaves, short, rather laxly many-flowered. Floral bracts subulate, 0.13 cm long, margins erose. Sepals ovate. Petals oblong, apex emarginate. Lip 3-lobed, 0.1 cm long; lateral lobes cuneate-triangular, rather large; mid-lobe obcordate, larger than the lateral lobes. Fruit 3-sided, obovoid, 6-ribbed, very shortly pedicellate, 0.25 cm long. (After Smith, 1905).
Flowers light green or pale brownish.
Epiphyte in lowland forest; 600 m.
Malesia (Java, New Guinea).
Papua (Indonesia). See map
Warm growing epiphyte.
October.
- Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java (1905) 235
- Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java, Fig.-Atl. (1910) fig. 170
- Smith, J.J., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 3 (1921) 265
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Malaxideae
- Section Otoglossum
- Genus Oberonia
- Species Oberonia microphylla
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Oberonia microphylla
Oberonia microphylla (Blume) Lindl., floral analysis, drawing J.J. Smith, based on Versteeg 1778
Oberonia microphylla
Oberonia microphylla (Blume) Lindl., plant habit, photo E.F. de Vogel
Oberonia microphylla
Oberonia microphylla (Blume) Lindl., inflorescence, photo E.F. de Vogel
Oberonia microphylla
Oberonia microphylla (Blume) Lindl., part of inflorescence, photo E.F. de Vogel
Oberonia microphylla
Oberonia microphylla (Blume) Lindl., habit, drawing by Darmosoediro, based on Bakhuizen s.n. (April 1918, Java, Mt. Salak)
Oberonia microphylla
Oberonia microphylla (Blume) Lindl., floral analysis, drawing J.J. Smith, based on Branderhorst 11603
Oberonia microphylla
Malaxis microphylla Blume, herbarium sheet, Blume 1896 (Java, Mt. Salak) (holotype specimen L)
Oberonia microphylla
Malaxis microphylla Blume, herbarium sheet, Blume 1896 (holotype specimen L)