Eria floribunda Lindl.
Description: Found in Cambodia, Myanmar, penninsular Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysian penninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines in primary montane forests as a small to medium sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte on large trees along streams at elevations of 500 to 2400 meters with erect, stem-like, narrowly ellipsoid pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 5, apical, linear-lanceolate to elliptic, acute, soft leaves, the flowers produce sweet nectar from the base of the lip and have a brackish scent.
Photorights: Cedric Jancloes
- Size: stems that are 15-35 cm or more long and 8-10 mm in diameter. The stems bear 3-6 alternating two-ranked leaves near the apex. Variable in shape and size, the thin elliptical to narrowly lanceolate leaves are commonly 12-15 cm long and 1-2 cm broad but may be up to 30 cm long and 3.5 cm broad.Usually 3-5 inflorescences are produced from the upper half of the recently matured stem at one time. Pendent or spreading horizontally, the inflorescences are 7-15 cm long (rarely up to 20 cm) and 1.5 cm in diameter with many resupinate flowers, flowers are 5-8 mm across
- Collector/Witnesses: Marpha Telepova Texier
- Year Collected: 2013
- Growing Media: wood/pot
- Flowering Period: April to May
- Color: white ,faintly tinged pink, column top and stigma deep purple
- Water: 2 – 3 time daily
- Light: partial shade
- Temperature: 12 - 30 °C