Threadlike Eria

Appearance

Leaves are 3 or 4, 5-7 x 1 cm, inverted-lanceshaped, tip blunt with a tiny point. Flowers are borne in racemes up to 10 cm long. Flowers are greenish-yellow, sepals nearly similar, lanceshaped, long-pointed, margins with stalked glands, 3-veined. Petals are slightly, narrower than sepals, lip 3 x 1 mm, sickel-shaped panduriform, minutely papillate. Disc has 2 thick yellowish orange ridges.
Flowering: September-December.

Naming

Synonyms
Dendrobium dalzellii Hook. ex Dalzell
Dendrobium filiforme Wight
Dendrobium fimbriatum Dalzell [Invalid]
Eria conrardii M.R.Almeida [Invalid]
Eria dalzellii (Hook. ex Dalzell) Lindl.
Eria dalzellii var. fimbriata Hook.f.
Eria filiformis (Wight) Rchb.f.
Pinalia microchilos Kuntze

Distribution

Threadlike Eria is found in Western Ghats.