Eria pumila Lindl. 1828 SECTION Pinalia Photos by © Nancy at The Orchid Board
Plant and Inflorescence Photos by © Bhaskar Bora
Common Name The Dwarf Eria
Flower Size 1/8" [3 mm]
Found in the eastern Himalayas, Assam, Bhutan, Sikkim and Myanamar at elevations of 800 to 1700 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphytic species with subcylindric,to clavate pseudobulbs carrying lanceolate, acuminate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an axillary, short to 1/2" [1.25 cm], pubescent, arcuate, several to many flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Pinalia pumila (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing ok;
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