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Oberonia attenuata
Oberonia attenuata, commonly known as Mossman fairy orchid, is a plant in the orchid family and is a small epiphyte. It has between four and seven leaves in a fan-like arrangement and large numbers of tiny reddish brown flowers on a pendulous flowering stem. It is only known from Mossman Gorge. The species was first formally described in 1960 but no further observations of the species were made, and it was presumed extinct until 2015.
Mossman fairy orchid has been seen growing on a rainforest tree near a watercourse. It is only known from near the Mossman Gorge. It had not been seen its first description and was presumed extinct until another plant was found in 2015.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oberonia attenuata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
