Oberonia falconeri Hook.f.
Oberonia falconeri Hook.f.
MO024 : Oberonia falconeri Hook.f.
| Plant Category | : | Orchid |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Iridorkis falconeri (Hook.f.) Kuntze;
Oberonia calcicola Holttum;
Oberonia siamensis Schltr.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Hirvi Chapti Amri |
| Plant Family | : | Orchidaceae |
| Description | : | Stem short or somewhat inconspicuous. Leaves subbasal, 3-6, distichous-equitant, laterally compressed, ensiform, usually slightly falcate, 1.5-8(-11) × 0.7-1 cm, thick, veins inconspicuous, base articulate, apex acuminate. Peduncle subterete, 6-18 cm, wingless, lower part with many linear-lanceolate sterile bracts 3-4 mm; rachis 6.5-13 cm, many flowered; floral bracts lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, thinly membranous, apex aristate, awn ca. 3 mm, apical margin ± erose. Flowers ± whorled, white or green to greenish yellow; pedicel and ovary 1-1.5 mm. Dorsal sepal ovate or oblong-ovate, ca. 1 × 0.7 mm, apex obtuse or acute; lateral sepals similar to dorsal sepal, ca. 1 × 0.6 mm. Petals suboblong, ca. 1 × 0.3-0.4 mm, margin inconspicuously crisped or slightly obtusely incised, apex obtuse; lip oblong in outline, 1-1.2 × ca. 0.7 mm, base with short auricles on either side, apex bilobed and sinus apiculate; lobules suboblong, 0.1-0.2 mm. Column short, stout. Capsule obovoid-ellipsoid, 2-2.5 × ca. 1.5 mm, ± obtusely 3-ridged; fruiting pedicel 0.7-1 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 30. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Epiphytic on tree trunks in forests or thickets |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Liliidae |
| Order | : Asparagales |
| Family | : Orchidaceae - Orchid family |
| Genus | : Oberonia |
| Species | : Oberonia falconeri Hook.f. |