Species Information - Eria micholitzii

Eria micholitzii Kraenzl., österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 44 (1894) 460

Type: Micholitz s.n. (1893, Friedrich Wilhelmshafen)

Synonyms:

• Eria papuana Kraenzl. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 50. II. B. 21 (1911) 25 (non J.J. Smith)
  - Type: Micholitz s.n. (Kaiser Wilhelmsland, Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen)

Roots very thick. Pseudobulbs 4-angled, to 8 cm high, 2-8 cm diam., conical, 3- to 4-leaved. Leaves lanceolate, narrowed into a petiole, acuminate, 55-65 by 5-6 cm , 3- to 5-nerved, rather stiff, resembling those of the genus Stanhopea. Racemes two, shorter than the leaves, pendulous, many-flowered, to 40 cm long; rachis towards the apex pilose. Floral bracts dorsally pilose, as long as the ovaries. Flowers 2-3 cm across. Sepals linear, acuminate. Lateral sepals outside and (sparsely) inside pilose; mentum distinctly curved, broadly obtuse. Petals similar but shorter, linear, acuminate, glabrous. Lip clawed-hastate; lateral lobes in front near the middle somewhat divergent, triangular, at the apex rounded; mid-lobe ligulate, acute, inside with 3 raised lines running from the base almost up to the apex.
(After Kraenzlin, 1894).

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