Eria longissima Ames & Quisumb. 1931 SECTION Cylindrolobus Photo courtesy of David Banks, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III

Common Name or Meaning The Very Long Eria [refers to the pseudobulbs]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in the Philippines on Luzon at elevations around 1000 meters as a giant sized, warm growing epiphyte with very [1 meter] elongate pseudobulbs carrying shorter, basally clasping leaves and blooms on a short to 1 .4" [4.5 cm] long, 2 to 4 flowered inflorescence with numerous green bracts

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 as Eria cymbidifolia; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 3 2002 photo; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 5 2010 as cylindrolobus longissima

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