Eria brachystachya Rchb. f. 1855

SECTION Cylindrolobus Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

LATE to EARLY

Common Name The Short-Stalked Eria

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

A hot to warm growing, Phillipine, epiphytic species at elevations up to 1000 meters with pendant, slender, leafy stems carrying 2 ranked, leathery, linear-oblong leaves that blooms in the late summer and early fall on a short [5 cm], bracteate inflorescence and the flowers are pleasingly fragrant but not long lived.

Synonyms Cylindrolobus brachystachyus (Rchb. f.) Rauschert 1983; Eria wenzelii Ames 1913 publ. 1914; Pinalia brachystachya (Rchb. f.) Kuntze

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Bonplandia Rchb.f 1855; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003;

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