Eria exilis Hook.f. 1891 SECTION Conchidium
Photo by © Prejith Sampath and hisSAHYADRIS Blogspot
Plant in situ Mahabaleshwar, Satara Dt., Maharashtra State India
Plant and Flowers in situ Mahabaleshwar, Satara Dt., Maharashtra State India
Photos by © Antoine Le Lirzin
Drawing by Hooker Icones 21 1891
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Common Name The Slim Eria [refers to the inflorescence? or small plant ]
Flower Size .08" [2 mm]
Found in southwestern India, Sri Lanka and Thailand in semi-evergreen forests on moss laden tree trunks at elevations around 700 meters on mossy trees as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with irregularly round, strongly compressed pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, deciduous, sessile, obovate-elliptic, apiculate leaves leaf and blooms in the late summer and fall on a pendant, .8 to 2" [2 to 5 cm] long, 7 to 12 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Conchidium exile (Hook.f.) Ormerod 2012; Eria chandrasekharanii (Bhargavan & C.N.Mohanan) C.S.Kumar & Manilal 1968; Eria minima Blatt. & McCann 1931; Pinalia exilis (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Porpax chandrasekharanii Bhargavan & C.N.Mohanan 1982; Porpax exilis (Hook.f.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen 2018
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones Planetarum Vol 21 part 3 Hooker 1891 drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1960; Indian Orchids: A Guide to Identification Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 drawing good; Miniature Orchids Northern 1980; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Lankesteriana Vol 18 [1]: 23–62 Jalal & Jayanth 2018 aqs Conchidium exile photo plant only; Orchids of Maharashtra Jalal 2018 Photo plant only;
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