Eria elata

Hook .f. Ic. Plant .t. 1848; leaves coriaceous 6-12 in. oblanceolate acuminate , sheaths at their base 4-5 in., scape 12-14 in.very stout lax-fld . , bracts ¾ -1 in .glabrous , lateral sepals 2/3 in .strongly falcate 5-7 –nerved , petals oblong 5-nerved , lip semilunar with a short rough midlobe in the sinus and 3 ridges in the axis .

PERAK , Scortechini .

Pseudobulb 4-5 in., base tuberous . bracts lanceolate , much exceeding the broad incurved flowers ; ovary and base of sepals pubescent ; mentum rounded , incurved; column very long and slender , foot with a few hairs at the base .-A very peculiar species , quite unlike its allies ,with much the habit of sect. Xiphosium . Perhaps referable to sect . Dendrolirion , but is nearly glabrous .