Eria oblitterata (Blume) Rchb. f. 1857 Section Mycaranthes Rchb.f

Plant in situ Cameron Highlands Malaysia Photo courtesy of David Kuehn

Common Name The Faded Eria

Flower Size .2" [5.5 mm]

Found in Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra, Moluccas, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, NE Australia, and Samoa in lowland and montane moss forests at elevations around 200 to 2400 meters as a large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or terrestrial with elongate stems carrying narrowly lanceolate, apically erose, acute leaves that blooms in the spring on 1 to 3 terminal, simple, 7.2" [18 cm] long, 40 to 50 flowered inflorescence. The plant habit appears when not in flower to be Vandanaceous but in reality is sympodial.

Synonyms Eria callosa M.R.Hend. 1927; Eria javensis Zoll. & Moritzi 1846; Eria kingii Hook.f. 1898; Eria larutensis Ridl. 1920; Eria larutensis Ridl. 1924; Eria major Ridl. 1896; Eria ridleyi Rolfe 1914; Eria sclerophylla Lindl. 1859; Eria tahanensis Ridl. 1915; Eria tomentella Rchb.f. 1861; Mycaranthes abbreviata Blume ex Kraenzl. 1911; *Mycaranthes obliterata Blume 1825; Mycaranthes ridleyi (Rolfe) Rauschert 1983; Pinalia javensis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Kuntze 1891; Pinalia obliterata (Blume) Kuntze 1891; Pinalia sclerophylla (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore, Seidenfaden & Woods 1992; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; The Orchids of Samoa Cribb & Whistler 1996 as E kingii; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001