Eria flava

Lindl . in Wall. Cat. 1973 ( in part) ; Gen . & Sp. Orchid . 65 ; in Journ . Linn. Soc. iii. 49 (excl .var. B.) ; pseudobulbs large 3-5-leaved , scape and sessile flowers white –tomentose , lateral sepals 2/3 in ovate-lanceolate obtuse 9-nerved , mentum subcylindric , petals obtuse 3-nerved , hypochile broadly oblong puberulous , lobes short broad, epichile sub quadrately rounded . Eria pubescens , Lindl. in Bot. reg. under t. 904 . Eria laniceps , Hook .Exot . Fl. t. 124 .. Octomeria flava , Wall . mss. O. Pubescens , Spreng . Syst. Iv. 310 .

TROPICAL HIMALAYA . from Garwhal eastwards to Bhotan .
Pseudobulbs 3-4 in .; base sheathed ; young leafy throughout . Leaves 6-10 in ., petioled , acuminate , oftern loaded with concretions . Scape 6-10 in ., stout ; bracts ½ -1 in., ovate , acuminate ;ovary 2/3 -1 in ;flowers yellow with purplish markings on the disk of the lip , which is tumid or variously thickened , claw very broad ; column short , broad .- In the Fl. Exot . figure the petals are ovate –oblong , obtuse . In a Garwhal specimen marked by Reichenbach as the true plant of Fl. Eot. The claw of the lip is pointed , and the thick disk of the midlobe trifid in front . In Garwhal specimens of Falconer’s marked Eria laniceps by Reichb. the disk of the midlobe is thickened on each side with a central callus and another above the claw. Wallich ‘s 1973 includes Eria flava , elongate 7 tomentosa .

VAR. lancata ;flowers smaller , lip narrower , midlobe purplish with thickened nerves on the disk . Eria lanata , Griff. Notul . iii. 301 ; Lindl . in Journ . Linn. Soc. iii . 49 .- Sikkim Himalaya , J.D.H. Tenasserim , Griffith ( Kew Distrib . 5123) . Helfer ( Kew Distrib. 5122) .