Eria filiformis (Wight) Rchb.f 1861 SECTION Conchidium

Plant and Inflorescence Photo by © Sushant More and his Flickr Photo Website

Common Name The Very Thin Eria

Flower Size .24 to .32" [6 to 8 mm] long

Found in southwestern India in moist-deciduous and semievergreen forest at elevations around 200 to 1300 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with clustered, disc-shaped, reticulate veined pseudobulbs carrying oblanceolate, to linear-oblong, obtuse, wartily margined leaves that blooms in the summer on a stout, erect, secund, 1.2 to 2.6" [3 to 9 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence with persistent, broad at the base, lanceolate, acuminate, erct, apically curved, floral bracts and carrying fragrant flowers that all face in a single direction.

Synonyms Conchidium filiforme (Wight) Rauschert 1983; Dendrobium dalzellii Hook. 1852; *Dendrobium filiforme Wight 1851; Dendrobium fimbriatum Dalzell 1852; Eria conrardii M.R.Almeida 2009; Eria conrardii var. fimbriata (Hook.f.) M.R.Almeida 2009; Eria dalzellii Lindl. 1859; Eria dalzellii var. fimbriata Hook.f. 1890; Pinalia microchilos Kuntze 1891; Porpax filiformis (Wight) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen, 2018

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Indian Orchids: A Guide to Identification Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 as E dalzellii drawing fide; Miniature Orchids Northern 1980 as E dalzellii; Orchids of Nilgiris Joseph 1987 as Eria delzellii drawing fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as Eria dalzelii; Lankesteriana Vol 18 [1]: 23–62 Jalal & Jayanth 2018 as Conchidium filiforme photo ok; Orchids of Maharashtra Jalal 2018 Photo ok;

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