Oberonia falconeri Hook.f.

in Ic. Pl. 18:T. 1780 (1888).

Synonymes

Iridorchis falconeri (Hook.f.) Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 2: 669 (1891).

Oberonia calcicola Holttum in New. Sp. Vasc. Pl. Malay. Penins. 11. 4 (1947).

Oberonia siamensis Schltr. in Fedde. Rep. 2. 19-20. 84 (1906).

Répartition

Birmanie, Chine, Inde, Laos, Malaisie, Népal, Sikkim, Thaïlande.

Chine : Yunnan.

Inde : Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

Floraison : ___A___ASO__. Altitude de 310 à 2500 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte. Taille de 7 à 12 cm. Feuilles de 2 à 6, de 25-80 × 6-11 mm, distiques, . Bractées lancéolées, oblongues. Sépale dorsal ovale. Sépales latéraux ovales. Pétales lancéolés. Labelle oblong, trilobé. Chromosomes : 2n=30.

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