Oberonia werneri Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17 (1921) 371
Type: Werner 50 (holo B, lost)
Epiphytic, erect, 10-13 cm high. Rhizome short; roots filiform, flexuose, thin, glabrous. Stems 0.3-0.5 cm apart, flexuose, 8- to 9-leaved, 5-8 cm long. Leaves erect-patent, equitant, ensiform, linear, acute, 4-7.5 by 0.2-0.3 cm. Inflorescence erect, densely many-flowered, 3-8 cm long, 0.5 cm diam. across the flowers. Floral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, erect-patent, slightly longer than the ovary. Flowers almost whorled, minute, not resupinated, glabrous. Sepals oblong, obtuse, almost 0.08 cm long. Lateral sepals oblique. Petals obliquely ligulate-oblong, obtuse, with pectinate-dentate margins, about as long as the sepals. Lip erect, a little longer than the sepals, dilated at the auriculate-subcordate base, oblong, obtuse, at the apex shortly and obtuse bilobulate, with the lobules shortly triangular. Column short, rather thick. Ovary slender cylindrical, glabrous, 0.15 cm long. (After Schlechter, 1921)
Colours: Flowers brown-red.
Habitat: Not recorded.
Flowering time in the wild: July.
Distribution: Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).
Distribution in New Guinea: Papua New Guinea. See map: 485-407M.JPG.
Cultivation: Epiphyte. Requirements unknown.