Eria bractescens

Lindl. in Bot. reg. 1841, Misc. 18 ; 1844, t. 29 ; leaves 2-3 oblong , racemes slender and long-pedicelled white flowers glabrous or puberulous , bracts large , lateral sepals ¼ -1/3 in. ovate with 3 thickened ridges , the lateral short , side lobes pink rounded , midlobe quadrate . Walp . Rep . vi. 277.

SINGAPORE , Cuming (Hort . Loddiges ) . TENASSERIM ; at Mergui , parish.

Pseudobulbs 1- 1 ½ in ; crowded , oblong , 2-3 nodal . Leaves 3-4 in., obliquely 2-fld. Raceme suberect ; bracts linear –oblong or elliptic , lower 2/3 in., empty , margins recurved; pedicel very slender , with the ovary 1 in .; column rather long .

VAR .? Kurzii ; pseudobulb 2-3 by ½ -1 in . diam . brown , leaves 3-5 by 1 ½ -2 in elliptic shortly petioled , bracts elliptic flat tipped with pink , flowers much longer white , ridges of lip yellowish , midlobe orbicular –cordate . Eria Kurzii , T. Anders . mss . –Andaman Islands , Ic. in Herb. Calcutt.

VAR ,? Affinis ; pseudobulbs elongate rugose ,leaves lanceolate , bracts yellowish tinged with brown, racemes sparsely pubescent , flower white , base of gree lip pale orange , foot of column red . Eria affinis , Griff . notul . iii. 297 .- Mergui , Griffith , who suggests its being a variety of his Eria pulchella ( Griffithii, R. f. ) .