Oberonia kwangsiensis Seidenf. 1968 Drawing by © Liu Ping and Flora Of China Website

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Common Name or Meaning The Kwangsi Oberonia - In China Guang Xi Yuan Wei Lan

Flower Size .1" [2mm]

Found in southeastern Yunnan and northern Guangxi provinces of China, Thailand and Vietnam in open forests on limestone rocks at elevations of 600 to 1200 meters as a warm to cool growing lithophyte with a short to nearly inconspicuous stem carrying 3 to 6, subbasal, distichous-equitant, linear to linear-lanceolate, acuminate, articulate below into the base leaves that blooms in the fall on a relatively rigid, 4.8 to 5.2" [12 to 13 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos ok

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