Eria fastigiatifolia Ames 1908
Plant and FlowersePhotos by Takato NATSU from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page
Common Name The Pointed Leaf Eria
Flower Size 1/4" [8 mm]
Found in the Philippines at elevations of 300 to 1300 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with erect, canes enveloped by leafless and leaf bearing sheaths and carrying in the upper half, several, grasslike, acute, linear basally clasping leaves that blooms in the spring on many short to 1.6" [4 cm] long, , 9 to 10 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate floral bracts.
Synonyms Trichotosia fastigiatifolia (Ames) Kraenzl. 1911
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Orchidiana Philippiniana Valmayor 1984; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 as Trichotosia fastigiatifolia photo fide
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