Eria arunachalensis A.N.Rao 1997 publ. 1998 SECTION Cylindrolobus Bl 1856

Drawing by © A N Rao and J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 21: 711, Eria arunchalensis A new Orhcid From India A N Rao 1997 publ. 1998

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Common Name or Meaning The Arunchal Eria [Arunachal Pradesh state of India]

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Arunachal Pradesh state of India in wet evergreen tropical forests on moss covered trees at elevations around 150 meters as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte with an erect, clavate, many noded pseudobulb enveloped by scarious sheaths in the lower 2/3's and leafy above, carrying up to 5, 2 apical, 2 to 3 distichous spaced below, elliptic-lanceolate, acute-acuminate, sessile leaves that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an axillary, 3 to 4 leaf opposed, peduncle .4 to .6" [1 to 1.5 cm] long, 2 flowered inflorescence with ovate-oblong, acute, many nerved, floral bracts and carrying greenish yellow to tumeric yellow colored, brown tomentose sepals externally flowers.

"E. arunachalensis A.N. Rao is most closely related to Eria gloensis and appears indistinguishable from it externally. Both taxa share similar features such as slenderly clavate stems topped by a few leaves, biflorous inflorescences with relatively large floral bracts, pubescent flowers with a prominent subglobose mentum, and a more or less subquadrate lip. However E. gloensis differs in the flowers having a single bicarinate callus on the labellum (vs. two lateral calli, and a median pubescent ridge), and two groups of long, capitate hairs on the midlobe (epichile). E arunchalensis is also allied to E. foetida Aver. from Vietnam. in having tomentose floewrs with globose mentum but differs in the lip which has a shorter midlobe and 3 calli on the disc vs a distinctly longer midlobe a 2 calli

Synonyms Cylindrolobus arunachalensis (A.N.Rao) A.N.Rao 2010

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; * J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 21: 711, Eria arunchalensis A new Orchid From India A N Rao 1997 publ. 1998 photo fide;

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