Eria lyonii Leav. 1909 SECTION Pinalia Photo by © The Huereka Website

Common Name Lyon's Eria [English Orchid Trader and Enthusiast 1800's]

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in the Philippines at low elevations near sealevel as a small sized, hot growing terrestrial with stout rhizomes giving rise to ovoid pseudobulbs carrying 2, lanceolate to oblanceolate, acuminate leaves that blooms in the later summer and early fall on a terminal, stout, erect, more than 4" [10 cm] long, angled rachis, to 15 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Pinalia lyonii (Leav.) W.Suarez & Cootes 2009

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 5 Ames 1915; Orchidiana Philipiniana Valmayor 1986;

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