Eria ovata Lindl. 1844

SECTION Hymenaria Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista

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Common Name The Ovate Eria - In Japan Ryukyu-seki-koku - Osima-seki-koku - In China Da Jiao Tong

Flower Size 1/2" [1.3 cm]

Found in the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Malaysia, Borneo, Sulawesi, the Philippines and New Guinea in forests on tree trunks at elevations of 500 to 2600 meters as a smal lt omedium szied, hot to cool growing epiphyte with erect pseudobulbs carrying to 4, linear-oblong to oblong lanceoalte, unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, to 9.2" [to 23 cm] long, arising from the top of the pseudobulb, to 45 flowered inflorescence and carrying unpleasantly scented flowers

Synonyms Eria bidentata Nakai 1920; Eria elmeri Ames 1905; Eria graciliscapa Rolfe ex Ames 1905; Eria luchuensis Yatabe 1892

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids Of Southern Ryukyu Islands Garay & Sweet 1974 drawing ok; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as Pinalia ovata;

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