Prev Taxon: Genus Oberonia section Arachnochilus
Current Genus: Genus Oberonia section Diurium
Next Taxon: Genus Oberonia section Hymenobractea
Oberonia x hybrida
Oberonia x hybrida Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1911) 154
Type: Schlechter 17172 (holo B, lost)
Synonyms:
Entirely intermediate between the parents. Differs from Oberonia diura in that the petals are more spathulate with dentate margins towards the apex, as in 0beronia forcipifera. The narrowly ligulate, apically bicaudate and apiculate lip is intermediate between the parents. (After Schlechter, 1911-1914)
Not recorded.
Epiphyte in lowland forest; 400 m.
Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).
Papua New Guinea. See map
Warm growing epiphyte.
January.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Malaxideae
- Section Diurium
- Genus Oberonia
- Species Oberonia x hybrida
A natural hybrid (Oberonia diura Schltr. x Oberonia cuneata J.J.Sm.).
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Oberonia x hybrida
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