Eria longicruris Leav. 1909 SECTION Pinalia TYPE Collection sheet and drawing by © Ames and The Filibot Flickr Website

Part shade Cold LATESpring Summer

Common Name The Thin Seedpod Eria

Flower Size

Found on Mindanao within the Philippines at elevatiojns around 2800 meters as a medium sized, cold growing epiphyte with elongate, cylindrical stems carrying 6, towards the apex, narrowly lanceolate, acute, narrowing below into the base leaves that blooms in the late spring and summer on 1 to 3, erect, flowers to the base, 3.6" [9 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Pinalia longicruris (Leav.) W.Suarez & Cootes 2009

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 5 Ames 1915; Orchidiana Philippiana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984;

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