Eria tomentosa (J.König) Hook.f. 1890 SECTION Dendrolirium

Inflorescence Photos by Manorot Tangsaveepha Copyright ©, and the Butterfly and Orchids Photo Gallery

Common Name The Tomentose Eria - In China Rong Lan

Flower Size 3/4" [1 cm]

Found in Assam, Laos, Thailand, Myanamar, Vietnam and southern Yunnan China on trees in sparse woods at elevations of 200 to 1500 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with cylindrical pseudobulb carrying to 3, linear, soft, acute leaves that blooms in the spring on a basal, erect, several flowered, pubescent, 2" [5 cm] long inflorescence

Synonyms *Epidendrum tomentosum J.König 1791; Eria fuerstenbergiana Schltr. 1914; Pinalia tomentosa (J.König) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Orchid Flora of Kamrup District, Assam Iswar Chandra Barua 2001 drawing fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo ok; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as Dendrolirium tomentosum; Flora of China Illustrations Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 as Dendrolirium tomentosum drawing ok; 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 Dendrolirium tomentosum photos fide;

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