Oberonia

Description 3

Small twig or branch epiphyte with wiry roots; Leaves distichous, imbricate, bilaterally flattened and iris-like; Inflorescence terminal, densely many flowered in whorls; Flowers minute, yellow, translucent; Sepals and petals subsimilar; Lip flat; not spurred; Column very short; Pollinia 4, waxy

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iNat Map

7-genus Oberonia
3-leaves >4
2-port without pseudobulbs
6-lip entire
4-inflorescence Terminal
5-flowers lacking spur
1-habit Epiphytic