Eria laniceps Rchb.f. 1863 SECTION Dendrolirium
Plant and FlowersPhotos by © Kurt Keller
Drawing by © Seidenfaden and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in Assam?, the eastern Himalayas?, Myanmar and Thailand as a small sized epiphyte with ovate pseudobulbs carrying 3 apical, linear to linear-spathulate, acute to obtuse, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms on 2 from each side for a total of 4, erect to arching, 2 to 6" [5 to 15 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Eria elongata Lindl. 1858; Eria laniceps monstr. advena Rchb.f. 1870; Pinalia lobbii Kuntze 1891; Trias elongata Mason 1860
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Opera Botanica #62 Orchid Genera in Thailand X Seidenfaden 1982 drawing fide; The Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 4 part 1 Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2005
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