Eria lasiopetala (Willd.) Ormerod Telepova Hul 03

Description:  Found in the eastern Himalayas, Assam, India, Nepal, the western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Hainan China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Penninsular Malaysia, Java and Sumatra at elevations of 390 to 2100 meters in primary montane forests as a medium sized, hot to cool growing lithophyte or occasional terrestrial with a woody rhizome, This species and E albidotomentosa are closely related and may be synonymous.

Photorights: Jean Phillippe Delpal (variety)

• Size:  Pseudo-bulbs much compressed with sheathed bases, vertically ribbed, 4 to 7 cm long and 2 to 3 cm in width, arranged at a distance of 3 to 4 cm apart on a stout and clothed rhizome. Leaves from the apex of the bulbs, three to five in numbers, almost oblong, tapering to the base, 5 to 9 cm long and 2 to 3 cm in width. Raceme from the base of the bulbs, erect, stout, fully covered with soft hairs. Flowers 4 to 10, about 2 - 3 cm across.
• Collector/Witnesses:  Marpha Telepova Texier , Dr Hul Sovanmoly
• Year Collected:  2009
• Growing Media:  wood/pot
• Flowering Period:  November to January
• Color:  sepals and petals pale green. The back is soft white. Lip striped reddish brown spots.
• Water:  2 – 3 time daily
• Light:  partial shade
• Temperature:  12 - 30 °C