Eria spirodela Aver. 1988 SECTION Conchidium Lindl.1859
Photo by © Vuong Truong
Drawing by © Averyanov and The Hoa Phong Lan Website
Photos courtesy of © André Schuiteman, Jaap Vermeulen, and Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website
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Common Name or Meaning
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Thailand?, Yuannan province of China, Vietnam and Laos at elevations around 1400 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing lithophyte requiring shade and high humidity so it will bloom in the later winter on an erect, short, single to 2 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Conchidium spirodelum (Aver.) Ormerod 2012; Porpax spirodela (Aver.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen 2018
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994 drawing fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo good; Turczaninowia 16(4):26-46 NEW AND RARE ORCHIDS (ORCHIDACEAE) IN THE FLORA OF CAMBODIA AND LAOS Averyanov 2013 ; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 as Conchidium spirodelum photo fide;
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