Eria Dalzellii

Lindl. in Journ . Linn. Soc. iii. 47; pseudobulbs clustered depressed , scape filiform , spike many –fld . second , bracts lanceolate , sepals 1-3 nerved , dorsal ovate-lanceolate , lateral falcately ovate or lanceolate subacute or acuminate ,mentum short rounded , petals lanceolate 1-3 -nerved , lip small panduriform with 2 thickened nerves meeting near the rounded tip . Dalz & Gibs . l.c. ; Walp. Ann. L.c. Eria filiformis , Reichb. f.l.c. 268( in part). Dendrobium microchilos , Dalz in Hook . Kew Journ . iii. (1851) 345 . D . filiforme , Wight Ic. t. 1642(central and left-hand figs.).

DECCAN PENINSULA ; on the Ghats from the Concan southwards .
Very variable . Pseudobulbs 1/3-1/2 in. diam . Leaves 1-4 in., linear to oblanceolate , tip rounded , apiculate . Scape with spike 1-3 in .; flower yellow ; sepals 1/6-1/3 in.long, lateral straight or falcate .

VAR. fimbriata ; petals and in a less degree the lateral sepals fringed with translucent gland-tipped hairs. Dendrobium fimbriatum , Dalz . in Hook. Kew Journ. Iv. (1852) 292 . D Dalzellii , Hook .l.c.