Eria rubifera J.J.Sm. 1920 SECTION Hymenaria Photos by © Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Blackberry Carrying Eria

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Sumatra in montane forests and farmlands on branches of trees at elevations of 700 to 1000 meters as a miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with 1.2" [3 cm] between each cylindrical, slightly flattened psuedobulbs carrying 2 to 3, apical, narrowly lanceolate, narrowed apically to obliquely bidentate, acute apex leaves that blooms in the winter and spring on several, short to .8" [2 cm] long, dense, globose to cylindrical, pubescent, 2 to 4, flowered inflorescence.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide;

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