Eria cootesii Banks 2008 SECTION Cylindrolobus

Plant and Flower Photos by © David Banks

Common Name Cootes's Eria [Australian Orchid Enthusiast and Philippine orchid Expert]

Flower Size .6 to .8" [1.5 to 2 cm]

Found in the Philippines on the island of luzon at elevations around 500 meters as a small to medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with an elongate slightly compressed stem carrying many towards the apical 1/2 to 1/3, distichous, spreading, narrowly lanceolate, thin but leathery, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the winter? on an axillary, .6 t o.8" [1.5 to 2 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchideen Journal Issue 2 2008