Eria bidupensis (Gagnep.) Seidenf. ex Aver.1988 SECTION Cylindrolobus Photos by © Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Part shade Warm Cool

Common Name The Bi Dup Eria [An area in southern Vietnam near Da Lat]

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in southern Vietnam near Da Lat at elevations around 800 to 2000 meters as a small sized, warm growing orchid with erect canes carrying 2, apical, linear, acute, nerved leaves that blooms on a terminal, few flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Dendrobium bidupense Gagnep. 1950; Tropilis bidupensis (Gagnep.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994;

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