Eria philippinensis Ames 1905 SECTION Polyura Photo courtesy of David Jubineau and His Bulbophyllum Pages Copyright ©

Part Shade Cool Spring

Common Name The Philippines Eria

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found only in the Philippines in montane forests at elevations around 2400 meters as a miniture sized, cool growing epiphyte with a woody, creeping rhizome giving rise to thickened, non-bulbous, short, stems carrying a single, apical, and to 4 below ,linear-oblong to linear-lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the spring on several, near the apex, 4" [10 cm] long, erect to arching, pubescent, loosely many flowered inflorescence

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984 as Eria tomentosiflora;Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003;