Oberonia

Lindley ,Gen . and Sp. Orch .Pl. (1830), 15 .

Liparideae .VI ,IX . Oberon (prince of faeries ). " As Oberon ,that little King of the Dryads , prince of the northern hobgoblines ,rides about on the branches of the trees, hiding his many-formed countenance amongst the leaves ,wo out little herbs ,not less changeable in form ,lurk in the forests of India and ride triumphantly in their leafy chariot."