Eria major Ridl. ex Stapf 1894 SECTION Mycaranthes Rchb.f Photo by © John Varigos and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website
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Common Name The Quite Large Eria [refers to the plant size]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in penninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak Borneo and the Moluccas Islands in lower to upper montane forests at elevations around 900 to 2900 meters as a small sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte, lithophyte or terrestrial with an erect stem carrying linear, acute, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the spring on 3, apical, erect to arching, 4" [10 cm], densely many flowered towards the apex inflorescence
Synonyms Eria scortechinii Stapf. non-Hkr. 1894; Eria villosissima Rolfe 1914; Mycaranthes major [Ridl. ex stapf] J.J.Wood 2011
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 as Mycaranthes major drawing ok/photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 9 2012 as Mycaranthes major photo fide
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