Species Information - Oberonia werneri

Oberonia werneri Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17 (1921) 371

Type: Werner 50 (holo B, lost)

Synonyms:

Epiphytic, erect, 10-13 cm high. Rhizome short; roots filiform, flexuose, thin, glabrous. Stems 0.3-0.5 cm apart, flexuose, 8- to 9-leaved, 5-8 cm long. Leaves erect-patent, equitant, ensiform, linear, acute, 4-7.5 by 0.2-0.3 cm. Inflorescence erect, densely many-flowered, 3-8 cm long, 0.5 cm diam. across the flowers. Floral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, erect-patent, slightly longer than the ovary. Flowers almost whorled, minute, not resupinated, glabrous. Sepals oblong, obtuse, almost 0.08 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique. Petals obliquely ligulate-oblong, obtuse, with pectinate-dentate margins, about as long as the sepals. Lip erect, a little longer than the sepals, dilated at the auriculate-subcordate base, oblong, obtuse, at the apex shortly and obtuse bilobulate, with the lobules shortly triangular. Column short, rather thick. Ovary slender cylindrical, glabrous, 0.15 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1921)

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