Oberonioides Szlach.

Genus

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae

Characteristics

Herbs, terrestrial or lithophytic, with clustered growths. Pseudobulbs ovoid, fleshy. Leaf solitary, convolute, not plicate, fleshy, petiolate, non-articulate at base. Inflorescence erect, racemose; peduncle terete, much longer than rachis, glabrous. Flowers resupinate. Sepals concave, free, subsimilar. Petals linear, 1-veined; lip sessile, not auriculate, 3-lobed; lateral lobes linear or triangular, enfolding column; mid-lobe larger, bilobed, porrect; callus basal, fleshy, bifid. Column lacking a foot; anther cap dorsal, erect; pollinia ?4, bifid, lacking viscidia; staminodes absent; rostellum erect, truncate; ovary glabrous; stigma transversely obovoid.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Oberonioides world distribution map, present in China, Thailand, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:988281-1
WFO ID wfo-4000026447
COL ID 8VZSQ
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Oberonioides

Lower taxons

Oberonioides pusillus Oberonioides oberoniiflora