Oberonia titania Lindl. 1859

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Common Name The Delicate Oberonia [Queen of the fairies, refers tothe diminutive size of this orchid] - The Common Fairy Orchid

Flower Size .1" [.025 mm]

Found on Norforlk Islands, New South Wales and Queensland, Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji at elevations of 160 to 1200 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with oblong, coriaceous, arranged in a fan leaves that can bloom at most any time of the year on an axillary, to 4.4" [11 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Iridorkis titania (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Malaxis palmicola (F.Muell.) F.Muell. 1869; Malaxis titania (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861; Oberonia neocaledonica Schltr. 1906; Oberonia palmicola F.Muell. 1860; Titania miniata Endl. 1833;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Vanuatu Lewis & Cribb 1989; Native Orchids of New Caledonia Societe' Neo-Caledonienne D' Orchidophile 1995 as O neocaledonica; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 as Oberonia palmicola ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006