Oberonia acaulis Griff. 1851 SUBGENUS Oberonia Drawing by Fitch and www.plantillustrations.org Website

Inflorescence Photo by Bhutan Orchid Adventures Website

Common Name The Stem-Less Oberonia - In China Xian Mai Yuan Wei Lan

Flower Size .06" [1.5 mm]

Found in China, Eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanamar, Thailand and Vietnam on trees in forests at elevations of 1000 to 1650 meters as a small to medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with a short stem carrying 3 to 5, linear-ensiform, falcate, acuminate, unequal leaves that blooms in the fall and winter on an axillary, verticiliate, long, slender, terete, decurved, 6.4 to 14.8" [16 to 37 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with distant linear bracts and lanceolat, acuminate, erose-fimbriate floral bracts

Synonyms Iridorkis myriantha (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Malaxis myriantha (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861; Malaxis sikkimensis (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861; Oberonia acaulis var. luchunensis S.C.Chen 1982; Oberonia hosseusii Schltr. 1906; Oberonia myriantha Lindl. 1859; Oberonia quinquelobata Kerr 1927; Oberonia sikkimensis Lindl. 1859;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as O myriantha drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as O hosseusii; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as O myriantha; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 3 1985; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vanhanaphuti 2001 photo; The Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as O myriantha; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Mountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo hmm; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing hmm; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos ok

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