Ceratostylis eriaeoides Hook.f.1891 SECTION Pleuranthemum

Common Name or Meaning The Eria-Like Ceratostylis

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found only in penninsular Malaysia on exposed ridges with tufted stems enveloped basally by several imbricating shetahs and carrying a single, apical, erect, rather fleshy, linear, wider towards the apex, shortly acute leaves that blooms on a very short to 1.2" [3 cm], single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Ceratostylis eria Govaerts 1999; Eria pygmaea Hook.f. 1890; Pinalia pygmaea (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Hooker's Icones Plantarum Vol 21 plate 2074 Hkr.f 1891 drawing good; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Woods & Seidenfaden 1992 drawing hmmmish; Wild Orchids of the Cameron Highlands REACH 2009 photo fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 as C eria photo fide

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