Eria amica Rchb. f. 1870 SECTION HymenariaPlant and Flowers

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Inflorescence Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website

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Common Name The Lovely Eria - In China Cu Jing Ping Lan

Flower Size 2/3" [1.5 cm]

Found in the western Himalayas, Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, southern China and Vietnam on old trees in evergreen lowland forests and primary highland cloud forests at elevations of 600 to 2200 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with somewhat cylindrical to ovoid pseudobulbs that are clustered together carrying 1 to 3, apical, linear-lanceolate, acute, gradually narrowing below into the grooved, petiolate base leaves that blooms on 1 to 3, erect, axillary, 3 to 4" [7.5 to 10 cm ] long, loosely few to several [5 to 12] flowered inflorescence occuring in the spring with fragrant flowers.

Synonyms Eria andersonii Hook.f. 1890; Octomeria excavata Wall. ex Hook.f. 1890; Pinalia amica (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Pinalia andersonii (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Eria hypomelana Hayata 1914

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1870 drawing fide; Icones Plantarum Vol 21 Hooker 1891 as E andresoni drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 11 2008; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Mountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as Pinalia amica; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 Pinalia amica drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 as Pinalia amica photos fide;

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