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Oberonia titania
Also called Norfolk Island Oberonia
Oberonia titania is a small clump-forming epiphytic orchid that grows on tree trunks and branches in humid rainforest. It is grown for its neat fan-like leaf shoots and tiny pinkish-red flowers, and it needs steady humidity, bright filtered light and careful watering.
Oberonia titania, commonly known as 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.
Soldier's crest orchid grows on trees in rainforest and moist gullies in Java, New Caledonia, New South Wales including Norfolk Island and in Queensland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oberonia titania by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
