Eria palmifolia Ridl. 1917 SECTION Urostachya

Plant and Flowers Photos by © Azman Bainuri and The Wild Orchids in Sumatra Website

LATE EARLIER

Common Name The Palm Like Leaf Eria

Flower Size .4" [1 cm] long

Found on Mt Kerinici in Sumatra at elevations of 2200 to 2700 meters as a medium to large sized, cold growing epiphyte with close set, fleshy, elongate, cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying 4 to 7, linear-lanceolate, obliquely acute leaves that blooms in the late winter and earlier spring on up to 7, to 8" [to 20 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Urostachya palmifolia (Ridl.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Sumatra J B Comber 2001; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #3 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #2 2017 photo fide;

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