Prev Taxon: Genus Oberonia section Labidous
Current Genus: Genus Oberonia section Otoglossum
Next Taxon: Genus Oberonia section Platyacron
Oberonia fissipetala
Oberonia fissipetala Mansf., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62 (1929) 462
Type: Keysser 81 (holo B, lost)
Synonyms:
Erect, to 12 cm tall. Rhizome very short; roots filiform, glabrous. Stem 4- to 5-leaved, 3-6 cm long, with rather distant leaves. Leaves erect-patent, falcate-linear-lanceolate, gradually narrowed towards the apex, 4-8 by 0.3-0.4 cm, acute, at the base membranous-winged. Inflorescence up to 6 cm long, densely many-flowered. Floral bracts narrowly lanceolate, entire. Pedicels c. 0.18 cm long. Flowers very small, almost whorled, closely spaced. Median sepal ovate, obtuse, 0.11 by 0.08 cm. Lateral sepals obliquely ovate, obtuse, 0.1 by 09 cm. Petals 0.11 by 0.06 cm, obovate-spathulate, margins especially in the apical part rather deeply slit. Lip 0.12 by 0.11 cm, 3-lobulate, base cordate, lateral lobes very small, apical margins erose-dentate, mid-lobe much larger , obcordate-obovate, with erose-dentate margins, 0.1 by 0.08 cm. (After Mansfeld, 1929)
Not recorded.
Probably epiphytic in upper montane forest; 3000 m.
Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).
Papua New Guinea. See map
Cool growing epipyhte.
Not recorded.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Malaxideae
- Section Otoglossum
- Genus Oberonia
- Species Oberonia fissipetala
The stated altitude may be incorrect, as many of Keysser's collections apparently were routinely labelled as having been found at 3000 m even though they must have come from much lower elevations.
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Oberonia fissipetala
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