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Oberonia Celebica
''Oberonia'', commonly known as fairy orchids, is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are Epiphyte, epiphytic or Lithophyte, lithophytic plants with the leaves arranged fan-like, overlapping at the base and spreading near the tips. Large numbers of tiny, short-lived, cup-shaped, Resupination, non-resupinate flowers are arranged on an arching flowering stem that emerges from the base of the uppermost leaf. There are about 270 species occurring from Tropics, tropical and southern Africa to the Pacific Ocean, Pacific. Description Orchids in the genus ''Oberonia'' are epiphytic or lithophytic, sympodial Herbaceous plant, herbs with the leaves in an unusual fan-like arrangement, in two overlapping rows near the base before spreading. A large number of tiny, non-resupinate, short-lived flowers are arranged in Whorl (botany), whorls or spirals along an arching flowering stem. The sepals and petals are all more or less similar to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberonia Titania
''Oberonia titania'', commonly known as the soldier's crest orchid or red-flowered king of the fairies, is a plant in the orchid Family (botany), family and is a clump-forming epiphyte. It has between four and ten leaves in a fan-like arrangement on each shoot and up to 350 tiny pinkish to red flowers arranged in Whorl (botany), whorls around the flowering stem. It is found in Java, New Caledonia and eastern Australia including Norfolk Island. Description ''Oberonia titania'' is an epiphytic, clump-forming Herbaceous plant, herb. Each shoot has between four and ten fleshy, lance-shaped to egg-shaped, green or greyish leaves long and wide with their bases overlapping. Between 50 and 350 pinkish to red flowers about long and wide are arranged in whorls of between six and eight on an arching to hanging flowering stem long. The sepals and petals are egg-shaped, spread widely apart from each other and about long. The Labellum (botany), labellum is cup shaped, about long and wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |