Eria valida Lindl. 1859 SECTION Cylindrolobus

Plant and Flowers Photos by Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name or Meaning The Strong Eria [refers to the overall plant size and robusatness of blooms]

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found Malaysia, Java, Sumatra and Borneo at elevations up to 1700 meters as a large to giant sized hot to cool growing epiphyte with emering horizontal but becoming pendulous, elongate, leafy throughout stems carrying narrowly lanceolate, gradually narrowing towards the apex leaves that blooms on many, arising from nodes along the leafy stem, each 2 to 6 flowered inflorescence has triangular, acute floral bracts.

Synonyms Cylindrolobus leptocarpus (Hook.f.) Rauschert 1983; Cylindrolobus validus (Lindl.) Rauschert 1983; Eria leptocarpa Hook.f. 1890; Pinalia leptocarpa (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Pinalia valida (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Trichotosia leptocarpa (Hook.f.) Kraenzl. 1911; Trichosma leptocarpum (Hook.f.) Rauschert 1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Hooker's Icones Plantarum Vol 21 plate 2074 Hkr.f 1890 as Eria leptocarpa drawing good; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 as E leptocarpa drawing fide; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2002;

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