Eria Scortechinii

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PERAK , Scortechini ; on trees , alt . 5-5300 ft., King’s Collector .

Stems 3-6 ft ., as thick as a goose-quill ; internodes 1-1 ½ in . Leaves 3-5 n., linear-lanceolate , tips dimidiate , nerves strong . panicle 4-5 in. long and broad , tomentose ; bracts at the axils ½ -3/4 in ., chartaceous , floral narrow ; flowers sessile , waxy –white , bluish within ; ovary short ;sepals 1/6 in., orbicular –ovate , obtuse , 3-nerved ,keel winged ;dorsal oblong ; petals broadly oblong , 3-nerved ; mentum short ; lip sessile , broadly cuneate ; side lobes long , spreading, obtuse , midlobe transversely 2-winged ,disk with a broad tomentose ridge ending in a large cushion on the midlobe ; column not long .-Habit of Arundina , sect. Dilcohia .