Oberonia cathayana Chun & Tang

Species

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Characteristics

Stem short. Leaves subbasal, 3 or 4, distichous-equitant, laterally compressed, subensiform, 1-3.5 cm × 2.5-5 mm, thick, veins inconspicuous, base articulate, apex acuminate. Peduncle subterete, 4-6 cm, wingless; sterile bracts many, ovate-lanceolate or narrowly ovate, 1.2-1.6 mm, membranous; rachis 2.5-4 cm, 2-2.5 mm in diam., densely many flowered, each flower borne in a small hollow on rachis; floral bracts ovate-elliptic, ca. 1 mm, apical margin irregularly finely incised. Flowers ca. 1 mm in diam.; pedicel and ovary ca. 0.5 mm. Dorsal sepal broadly elliptic-ovate, ca. 0.5 × 0.5 mm, apex rounded; lateral sepals ovate, ca. 0.6 × 0.3 mm, apex subacute. Petals suboblong, ca. 0.4 × 0.15 mm; lip broadly oblong-ovate in outline, 0.8-1 mm, 3-lobed; mid-lobe deeply bilobed; lateral lobes square or oblong, margin slightly erose; mid-lobe subobovate-square, apical lobules subquadrate or broadly ovate, adaxially with small silver spots, margin slightly erose. Column short, stout. Fl. unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Distribution

Oberonia cathayana world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:900371-1
WFO ID wfo-0000252690
COL ID 6SDZB
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Synonyms

Oberonia cathayana