Oberonia falconeri

Oberonia falconeri Hook.f., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 18: t. 1780 1888. (syn. Iridorkis falconeri (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Oberonia calcicola Holttum; Oberonia siamensis Schltr.);
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Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan) and Peninsula Malaysia: Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO;
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oh-ber-ROH-nee-uh
— named for Oberon, the fairy king, referring to insignificant flowers
Dave’s Botanary
fal-KON-er-ee — named for Hugh Falconer, Scottish doctor, geologist and botanist in IndiaDave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: Falconer’s oberonia • Marathi: हिरवी चपटी अमरी hirvi chapti amri
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please id:
location is at our farm in the address below
at village: Pishvi
taluka: Velhe
district: Pune
Maharashtra.


O. falconeri, I suppose.


– it is not easy to make decisions from the photographs of *Oberonia*

I think the flowers are not yet open.
Get some snaps of the lip, that would help..



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Kas Week :: DV :: 28 SEP 08 – 0428 :: Oberonia falconeri:
Kas plateau … about 4000 ft asl
… one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India

28 SEP 08
Oberonia falconeri Hook.f. … (family: Orchidaceae)

oh-ber-ROH-nee-uh — named for Oberon, the fairy king, referring to insignificant flowersDave’s Botanary
fal-KON-er-ee — named for Hugh Falconer, Scottish doctor, geologist and botanist in IndiaDave’s Botanary

commonly known as: Falconer’s oberonia • Marathi: हिरवी चपटी अमरी hirvi chapti amri

Distribution: tropical Himalayas, Western Ghats (India)

References: Flowers of Indiaorchids co inFlowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar



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Kas week: PKA17: — Oberonia falconeri:
Oberonia falconeri

Date: (03-10-2009).
Family: Orchidaceae.


Extremely good photographs of this interesting plant.


I am not sure if this is falconeri!! but nice pic. I thought falconeri flowers during late winter.



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Oberonia falconeri:
sharing picture of Oberonia falconeri, Orchidaceae



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This species of Oberonia was growing over (rather hanging from) Oak tree near Chaukhutiya in Kumaon, Uttarakhand. I identified it as O.falconeri Hook.f.. The experts may confirm or otherwise please.


Yes this should be Oberonia falconeri.



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Orchidaceae fortnight : Oberonia falconeri : Gujarat : RVS7 :  Attachments (2).  4 posts by 3 authors.
Oberonia falconeri from a garden in Gujarat.

Nice Shots … I think these are being grown in coconut fibres


This should be Oberonia falconeri.


Yes … Thanks … for the id confirmation.


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from “kas to Mahabaleshwar” (03-10-2009);Oberonia sp-111109-PKA2 – indiantreepix | Google Groups


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Updated on December 28, 2025

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