Eria pilifera Ridl. 1896 SECTION Cylindrolobus Photo by © Art Vogel

Common Name The Ball-Carrying Eria [refers to the ball-shaped apex of the lip]

Flower Size 3/4" [1.75 cm]

Found in Thailand, Malaysia, Java and Sumatra at elevations around 450 to 1300 meters as a medium szied, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a short rhizome carrying close set, stem-like, slightly swollen in the middle pseduobulbs carrying to 18, lanceolate, very uneven and obtuse apically, twisted at the base to face one direction, sessile leaves that blooms in the spring on a short, emerging from the still leafy stem, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Cylindrolobus pilifer (Ridl.) Rauschert 1983; Dendrobium lamonganense Rchb.f. 1857; Eria bracteolata (Kraenzl.) Ames 1913 publ. 1914; Trichotosia bracteolata Kraenzl. 1910; Trichotosia pilifera (Ridl.) Kraenzl. 1911

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1857 as Dendrobium lamonganense; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1857 as Dendrobium lamorganense; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide

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