Eria obesa

Lindl . in wall. Cat. 1976 ; Gen . & Sp. Orchid . 68; in Bot.Reg. 1844 , under t. 29 ; in Journ . Linn. Soc. . iii . 53 ;pseudobulbs. 1-3 in very stoutly clavate silvery green and with scarious sheaths, racemes lateral subcorymbose few-fld.puberulous , bracts large , flowers ¾ in. long , sepals lanceolate acuminate falcate 5-nerved , mentum subconic , petals oblong -lanceolate 3-nerved , lip nearly as long as the sepals linear –oblong , sides obscurely lobed ,disk with 3 thickened ridges . Walp . Rep . vi. 277. Eria Lindleyana ,Griff. Notul . iii. 300.

MARTABAN , Wallich . TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith , Parish . Leaves “ lanceolate or ovate –lanceolate .” Griffith .Flowers white , lip pale yellow with purple lines . Capsule 1 ½ in. long , slender.

Lip 3-lobed .
Flowers sessile or subsessile.