Eria ignea Rchb.f. 1891 SECTION Cylindrolobus
Photo by © Anthony Lamb
Photo by © Orchidofsabah and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website
Drawing From Lindenia as E cinnabarina
Common Name or Meaning The Fire Red Eria
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm] wide
Found in northern Borneo in Podozol forests at elevations of 200 to 500 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with ovoid to oblong, clustered stems carrying 2 to 3, oblong-ligulate, obtuse to subacute, subsessile leaves that blooms in the spring on a subterminal, porrect to erect, 2.4 to 4.8" [6 to 12 cm] long, 6 to 8 flowered inflorescence with several basal bracts and oblong-elliptic, obtuse, deflexed, deep cinnabar-orange floral bracts.
Synonyms Eria cinnabarina Rolfe 1894
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Borneo Vol 1 Chan, Lamb, Shim & Wood 1994 drawing/photo fide; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman & Wood 2001 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #2 2016 drawing fide;
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