Eria polystachya A.Rich. 1841 SECTION Pinalia
TYPE drawing by A Richard and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Drawing by © J Joseph
Common Name or Meaning The Eria
Flower Size
Found in southern India in semi-evergreen forests at elevations around 1950 meters as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with caespitose, oblong, subcylindric, wrinkled, basal nodes longer, uipper nodes congested pseudobulbs carrying 5 to more, narrowly lanceolate-elliptic to oblong, unequal in size, basally articulate, obtuse apically leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on an erect, short, 2.4 to 3.2" [6 to 8 cm] long, dense, axillary, apically pubescent inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate, reflexed, longer than the pedicel floral bracts and carrying light yellow to creamy white flowers
Synonyms Pinalia polystachya (A.Rich.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Nilgiris Joseph 1987 drawing fide; Lankesteriana Vol 18 [1]: 23–62 Jalal & Jayanth 2018 as Pinalia polystachya; Orchids of Maharashtra Jalal 2018;
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