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Pinalia acervata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 679 1891. (syn: Dendrobium seriatum Wall. ex Hook.f.; Eria acervata Lindl.; Eria poilanei Gagnep.);
Nepal to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China as per WCSP;
Assam; Cambodia; China South-Central; East Himalaya; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal;
Thailand; Tibet; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; Pseudobulbs usually 2 or 3, or sometimes 8 closely and regularly arranged into a row, fusiform, sometimes bottle-shaped, sometimes compressed, 2-4 × 0.6-1.5 cm, apex 2-4-leaved. Leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 4-10 × 0.8-2 cm, base attenuate, apex obtuse and slightly unequally 2-lobed. Inflorescences 1-3, subterminal, 3-6 cm, 4-7-flowered; rachis glabrous; floral bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 0.5-1 cm, margin sparsely denticulate, apex long acuminate. Flowers white, sepals tinged green at apex, lip yellow; pedicel and ovary ca. 1 cm. Dorsal sepal narrowly ovate, ca. 6 × 2 mm, 5-veined, acuminate; lateral sepals falcate-lanceolate, ca. 7 × 5-6 mm, acuminate. Petals lanceolate, ca. 6 × 2 mm, obtuse; lip broadly cuneate in outline, ca. 7 × 6 mm, base attached to column foot at a right angle, 3-lobed; lateral lobes falcate-oblong, ca. 2 mm wide; mid-lobe orbicular, ca. 3 × 3 mm; disk with 3 keeled lamellae from base to middle of mid-lobe. Column ca. 3 mm; foot ca. 4 mm. Capsule narrowly cylindric, ca. 2.7 × 0.4 cm.
Shady places, tree trunks, primary forest
Peninsular India, Arunachal Prdaesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur; Sri Lanka
(Attributions- Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Kishor Deka for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project from India Biodiversity Portal);
MS June,2018/11 Orchidaceae : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Location : Aizawl, Mizoram
Date : 05-06-2018
Habit : Epiphytic herb
Habitat : Wild
This is for ID
Attachments (1)
This looks like Eria acervata. I need closeup of flower from front to confirm.
References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP IPNI |
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