Oberonia padangensis Schltr. 1911

Plant and Flowers in situ Cameron Highlands Malaysia Photos by © David Kuehn

Common Name or Meaning The Padang Oberonia [An area of Western Sumatra]

Flower Size .10" [2.9mm]

Found in Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, New Guinea and Sulawesi at elevations of 250 to 1600 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with a flattened stem carrying about 12, falcate-lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the fall on a pendulous, 6" + [15 cm+] long, densly many flowered, shortly pilose and ribbed infloresence.

Synonyms Iridorkis spathulata (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Malaxis equitans Blume 1825; Malaxis spathulata Rchb.f. 1861; Malaxis spiralis Rchb.f. 1861; Oberonia betongensis Kerr 1927; Oberonia spathulata Lindl. 1830; Oberonia spiralis Lindl. 1859

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Java Comber 1990, Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 as Oberonia spiralis Lindl. 1859