ON THIS PLANT
Oberonia titania, commonly known as the soldier's crest orchid or red-flowered king of the fairies, is a plant in the orchid family and is a clump-forming epiphyte. It has between four and ten leaves in a fan-like arrangement on each shoot and up to 350 tiny pinkish to red flowers arranged in whorls around the flowering stem. It is found in Java, New Caledonia and eastern Australia including Norfolk Island.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Oberonia
- Family
- Orchidaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Soldier's crest orchid
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