Eria oblonga (Trimen) Bajrach. & K.K.Shrestha 2009 Drawing by © Seidenfaden and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Part shade

Common Name The Oblong Eria [refers to the shape of the pseudobulbs]

Flower Size .2" [5 mm] wide

Found in Sri Lanka as mini-miniature sized epiphyte with oblong pseudobulbs carrying deciduous leaves that blooms on an erect, 2 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Eria muscicola var. oblonga Trimen 1885

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Opera Botanica #62 Orchid Genera in Thailand X Seidenfaden 1982 as E musicola var oblonga drawing fide;

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