Oberonia proudlockii King & Pantl.
In J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 580 (1897)
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Oberonia sedgwickii Blatt. & McCann in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 257 (1931)
Ecology: found growing on Careya arborea tree in evergreen forest
Erect or pendulous epiphytes acaulescent
Leaves not articulateup to 2.5x1cm, ovate oblong acute
Inflorescence Scape upto 2cm long,terete, spike upto 7cm long
Flowers minutely pedicellate 1mm long 0.75mm across pale or greenish yellow scattered & appressed to the peduncle giving fleshy appearance to the spike
Bracts 0.75x0.75mm longer than pedicel &ovary, sub orbicular obtuse, lacerate along margins, gland dotted,
Sepals & petals dissimilar, gland dotted, glabrous
Sepals sub similar0.75x0.5mm, entire; dorsal sepal ovate acute, reflexed, lateral sepals obliquely ovate acuminate not reflexed
Petals 0.75x0.25mm, linear or oblong, acute sub entire, erect
Lip 0.75x0.75mm antrose not lobed, suborbicular with two rounded projection at the apex, irregularly denticulate along the margins, gland dotted; disc suborbicular or obovate, cushion like
Column 0.15mm long 0.38mm thick globose; clinandrium dorsal orbicular, wider than column stalk, surrounded by spreading wings, not saccate, operculum 0.17x0.33mm. laterally elongated oblong or quadrate, obtuse at the apex, rostellum tooth like; stigma suborbicular, almost equaling
clinandrium; pollinia 0.18x0.14mm, ovoid.
Flowering January - March
(Reference Orchid monograph Vol.4)