Eria saccifera

 

Eria saccifera

Hook. f. Ic. Plant . ined ; pseudobulbs elongate cylindris ,leaves few 8-12 in . petioled elliptic –lanceolate . racemes slender laxly many-fld , drooping subtomentose , bracts linear –oblong shorter than the slender ovaries , flowers small , lateral sepals short acute , mentum subcylindric sacciform , base rounded , petals elliptic acute 3-nerved ,lip with a long claw expanding into a subreniform or fan-shaped rugose limb.

PERAK ; on Gunong Batu Pateh, Wray .

Pseudobulbs 3 in., tufted , base swollen . Leaves 2-3 , contracted into a slender 1- 1 ½ in . petiole , plaited . Racemes 5 in., brown –pubescent ; bracts 1/8 in .; pedicels with ovary longer than the saccate mentum ; flowers about ¼ in .diam ., membranous, glabrous within ,” shades of dull pink , claret , and yellow ,” Wray . –An anomalous species , with the habit of this group , but a very different lip.

 

 

 

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