Oberonia ensiformis (Sm.) Lindl. 1859 SUBGENUS Oberonia

Plant and FlowersPhotos by Takato NATSU from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page

Common Name The Sword-Like Leafed Oberonia

Flower Size .1" [3mm]

Found in Assam, Eastern Himalayas, Nepal, India, China, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam at elevations around 600 to 700 meters as a small to medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with a short stem carrying 4 to 5 linear-ensiform, falcate, acute, imbricate, flabellate basally leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, axillary, subtruncate, densely many flowered, thick, fleshy, to 10" [25 cm] long, racemose inflorescnece with diatant, lanceolate, acute bracts and convolute, ovate-orbicular, acute, apically erose floral bracts.

Synonyms Iridorkis ensiformis (Sm.) Kuntze 1891; *Malaxis ensiformis Sm. 1812; Oberonia trilobata Griff.1851

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce and Cribb 2001;

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