Oberonia ledermannii Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58 (1922) 64
Type: Ledermann 7094 (holo B, lost)
Epiphytic, suberect, 30-35 cm tall. Stems fascicled, very densely leafy. Leaves falcate-lanceolate, dilated at the base, up to 5 cm long, 0.8 cm wide in the basal part of the stem, gradually becoming smaller towards the apex, acute, blade suberect. Inflorescence suberect, very densely many-flowered, elongated, 13 cm long, narrowly cylindrical, 0.6 cm diam. across the flowers. Floral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, margins irregulars, almost as long as the ovary. Flowers almost whorled. Sepals patent, ovate, 0.13 cm long, obtuse, glabrous, the lateral sepals oblique. Petals obliquely ligulate, obtuse, a little dilated towards the apex. Lip 0.3 cm long, at the base long-auriculate, blade in outline rectangular-oblong, at the apex bilobed to above the middle with a small obtuse tooth between the lobes, margins coarsely dentate-incised, apical lobes acute; basal auricles obtuse, oblong, clasping the column, thinly keeled, almost 4 times shorter than the blade. Ovary cylindrical, glabrous.(After Schlechter, 1922)
Colours: Flowers.
Habitat: Epiphyte in light forest on rocky terrain; 560 m.
Flowering time in the wild: April.
Distribution: Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).
Distribution in New Guinea: Papua New Guinea. See map: 485-187M.JPG.
Cultivation: Warm growing epiphyte.