Eria Lindleyi

Thwaites Enum . 299 ;stem elongate clavate , leaves elliptic –lanceolate , scape short 2-3 fld., bracts very large oblong , sepals ovate or lanceolate 7-9 nerved glabrous , mentum rounded , petals linear –oblong falcate obtuse 3-5 –nerved , broad lateral lobes of hypochile almost as long as the suborbicular epichile , disk with 2 calli between the lobes , column long . Eria ephemera , Reichb.f. in Walp . Ann. Vi. 272 . v bicolor , Lindl. in Journ . Linn . Soc. ii. 58 ( not of Gen . & Sp.) Dendrobium bicolor , Lindl. Gen . & Sp. Orchid . 90.

CEYLON ; in the Central Province , ascending to 7000 ft., Walker , Thwaites .
Stem 6-18 in., sometimes 1 in .diam . above , smooth ; internodes not swollen . Leaves 3-4 in. Peduncle 1- 1 ½ in.; bracts ½ -3/4 in., very variable in shape ; flowers white ;sepals ½ -2/3 in., variable in breadth .