Eria lanigera Seidenf. 1992 SECTION Dendrolirium
Photo by © Li Jianwu
Drawing by Seidenfaden And The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
LATE
EARLY
Common Name The Wooly Eria
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in southern Yunnan province of China and Vietnam in forests on trees and rocks at elevations of 1000 to 1200 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with .8 to 2" [2 to 5 cm] between each ovoid, arising at an acute angle to the rhizome pseudobulb carrying 3, lanceolate, acute, gradually narrowing into a thin, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the late winter and early spring on 2 basal, enveloped below by imbricate, tubular sheaths, pubescent, to 4" [10 cm] long, 6 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Dendrolirium lanigerum (Seidenf.) J.M.H.Shaw 2012
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 as Dendrolirium lanigerum photo fide;
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