Eria vanoverberghii Ames 1912 SECTION Mycaranthes Photo courtesy of Nik Fahmi and Vortex Orchids

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of David Banks, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III

Common Name Vanoverbergh's Eria [Beligian Plant Collector-Philippines 1800's]

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in the Philippines at elevations of 300 to 1500 meters as a giant sized, hot to warm growing epiphtye with very elongate [1 m] pseudobulbs carrying strap shaped, acute, to 10" [25 cm] long, leathery leaves that blooms mostly in the fall on to 6, terminal, many flowered, to 10" [25 cm] long, racemose inflorescence.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 3 2002 photo; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003;

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