Oberonia anthropophora Lindl. 1830 SUBGENUS Menophyllum

Plant and Flowers Photo by © Milan Vagner

Common Name The Mannikin Carrying Oberonia [refers to the lips looking like a little man] - In China Chang Lie Yuan Wei Lan

Flower Size .1" [.2 cm]

Found in the eastern Himalayas, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Hainan China and Vietnam in valleys on trees at elevations around 400 meters with a short stem enveloped completely by leaf bearing sheaths carrying 5, unequal, uncurved leaves that blooms in the fall on a 6 to 7.2" [15 to 18 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence. Notice the tiny man like figures in the photo.

Synonyms Iridorchis anthropophora (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Malaxis anthropophora (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1953; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas # 42 Liparinae 1984 photo ok; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; The Orchids of Bhutan Cribb & Pearce 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing good; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos ok

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