Eria pannea Lindl. 1828 SECTION Strongyleria Photo by © Lourens Grobler

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Common Name The Flag Eria - In China Zhu Ye Ni Mao Lan

Flower Size about 1/4" to 3/4" [1.6 to 2 cm]

This species is a miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte from the eastern Himalayas, Assam, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanamar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, southern China, Vietnam, Borneo and Sumatra in broadleaf, evergreen, semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests, savanah-like woodlands and humid, mossy, mixed and coniferous forests on mossy branches of old, dwarf, gnarled trees, primary montane forests or highland primary montane cloud forests at elevations of sealevel to 1300 meters with a creeping rhizome with 3/4" to 1.6" betweeen each pseudobulbless shoot carrying 2 to 3, close-set, terete, laterally flattened, ventrally grooved, basally clasping leaves and is a spring blooming orchid on an apical, arcuate, pubescent, short to 1" [2.5 cm], 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence with pubescent, fragrant flowers reminiscent of vanilla. Best mounted or grown in a pot with a freedraining medium, cool to hot temperatures, high humidity, and bright indirect light.

Synonyms Eria calamifolia Hook.f 1890; Eria nivosa Ridl. 1921; Eria odoratissima Teijsm. & Binn. 1864; Eria teretifolia Griff. 1848; Pinalia calamifolia (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Mycaranthes pannea [Lindl.] J.J.Wood 2011; Pinalia pannea (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing ok; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; The Orchids of Penninsular Mayasia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993 photo fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 drawing hmm; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 4 2000; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing ok; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as Mycaranthes pannea; The Atlas of Wild Orchids in Hainan Island, China Shenyan and Junmei 2010 photo fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 as Mycaranthes pannea photos fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 photo ok

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