Oberonia kaernbachiana Kraenzl. in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1901) 242
Type: Kaernbach 73 (holo B, lost)
Stem (excluding the inflorescence) 10 cm long, with 8-10 leaves. Leaves equitant, linear-lanceolate, subfalcate, acuminate, the basal ones 5-6 by 0.5-0.8 cm, the upper ones much smaller. Inflorescence many-flowered. Floral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, entire; rachis and ovary scabrous but neither glandulose nor hairy. Flowers very small, c. 0.08 cm across, whorled. Sepals broadly oblong, almost orbicular, obtuse. Petals ligulate, obtuse. Lip at the base cuneate, dilated, margins irregularly denticulate, sometimes almost bilobed or even 4-lobed. Column with two arms as long as the column itself [Kraenzlin here probably wrongly describes the basal auricles of the lip as column-arms! A.S.]. (After Kraenzlin, 1901)
Colours: Flowers brown.
Habitat: Epiphyte in hill forest, sometimes on bamboo stems; 600 m.
Flowering time in the wild: July, December.
Distribution: Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).
Distribution in New Guinea: Papua New Guinea. See map: 485-169M.JPG.
Cultivation: Warm to intermediate growing epiphyte.