Eria iridifolia

 

Eria iridifolia

hook .f. Ic. Plant .ined .; leaves 12-14 by ¾ -1 in. ensiform gradually narrowed from a broad sheathing base , much longer than the several simple slender hoary scapes , flowers in dense spikes white-tomentose , bracts ovate , lip broadly oblong from a rounded base , side lobes large membranous obtuse , disk with a broad tomentose ridge ending in a minute exserted thickened tip or midlobe .

PERAK ; on Gunong Batu Pateh, Wray .

Stem at base 1 in. thick . Leaves coriaceous , spreading , uppermost longest . Spike and scape stellately hoary or tomentose ; bracts acute , nearly glabrous ; perianth tomentose , about 1 /16 in.long ; mentum shortly cylindric ; lip with 2 strong nerves parallel to the central ridge, and 3 calli at the very base .

 

 

 

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