Oberonia anthropophora Lindl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Oberonia

Characteristics

Stem 2.5-4.5 cm. Leaves 5-9, distichous, laterally compressed, linear, often slightly falcate, 1.5-5 × 0.3-0.5 cm, thick, veins inconspicuous, base not articulate, margin ± crisped when dried, apex acuminate. Peduncle subterete, 8-10 cm, wingless, sometimes with large greenish foliaceous bracts below; rachis 7-9 cm, 3-4 mm in diam., more than 100-flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, 1-1.5 mm, margin often ± erose-incised, apex long acuminate or aristate. Flowers pale red, 1-1.5 mm in diam.; pedicel and ovary 1-1.5 mm. Dorsal sepal ovate, 0.7-0.8 × ca. 0.4 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals broadly ovate, 0.7-0.8 × 0.4-0.5 mm, apex obtuse. Petals suboblong, 0.7-0.8 × 0.2-0.3 mm; lip ca. 2 × 0.4 mm, 3-lobed; mid-lobe deeply lobed again; lateral lobes ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, ca. 0.3 mm; mid-lobe ca. 1 mm, with 2 lanceolate lobules. Column ca. 0.2 mm, stout. Fl. May.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Oberonia anthropophora world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:645723-1
WFO ID wfo-0000252637
COL ID 74DY3
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Synonyms

Iridorkis anthropophora Oberonia aurantiaca Malaxis anthropophora Iridorchis anthropophora Oberonia anthropophora