Abstract
Oberonia swaminathanii, a new species of Orchidaceae from Wayanad district, Kerala, India is described and illustrated. The new species resembles Oberonia balakrishnanii, O. chandrasekharanii and O. seidenfadeniana by its 3-lobed labellum and 2-lobuled midlobe; but differs in having brick-red coloured flowers, triangular labellum disc, and a subglobose column.