Eria confusa

Hook .f. Ic. Plant . t. 1850 ; pseudobulbs elongating into cylindric stems , leaves 2-8 narrow rigid strongly nerved , racemes lateral tomentose , bracts large lanceolate pubescent , mentum broadly conic , petals elliptic –lanceolate 3-5 nerved , lip broadly obovate , side lobes incurved with 3 thick middle ridges , midlobe orbicular or ovate thickened , column with 3 thick middle ridges , midlobe orbicular or ovate thickened , column rather long . Eria excavate , in part , Lindl . Gen & Sp. Orchid . 67, and in Wall. Cat. 1974.

NEPAL , Wallich . SIKKIM , alt. 4-6000 ft ., J.D. H. ., & c. (Eria . alba) .

Pseudobulbs 2-4 nodal , lengthening into terete striate stems 3-10 in.long , and as thick as the finger . Leaves lanceolate . Racemes 2-4 in., inclined ; flowers white , lip yellow ; pedicel with ovary ¾ -1 in .; bracts ½ in .; nerves of perianth not branching .- Near Eria bractescens , differing in the stiff narrow leaves and bracts . A drawing of it is Herb. Calcutt ,shows no ridges on the side lobes of the lip , but 2 small spots on the disk and a mesial crest on the yellow midlobe.