Eria versicolor J.J.Sm. 1909 SECTION Hymenaria
TYPE Drawing by © J J Smith / Drawing by Peter O.Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Colorful Eria
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Borneo in riverine forests at elevations around 300 meters as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte with erect, cylindrical stems carrying towards the apex, 4 or so, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, short few flowered inflorescence with large floral bracts.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood 1994;
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