Eria recurvata Hook.f. 1890 SECTION Pinalia Drawing by Hooker Icones 21 1890

Common Name The Recurved Eria

Flower Size 6.4" [1.6 cm]

Found in penninsular Malaysia as a mini-miniature to miniature sized epiphyte with a stout, fleshy stem carrying a few elliptic, acute, plicate leaves that blooms on from below the leaves, to 6" [15 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with broad, acute, yellowish bracts.

Synonyms Pinalia recurvata (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones 21 Hooker 1891 drawing fide; Flora of the Malayan Penninsula Ridley 1908; Flora of Malaysia Vol 1 Holttum 1953; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide;

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