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2. Eria coronaria (Lindl.) Rchb.f.wfo-0000952933

in Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 271. 1861; Seidenf. & C.M.Arora, Nordic J. Bot. 2: 14. 1982; Seidenf., Opera Bot. 62: 40, fig. 18. t. IIIa, 1982; Opera Bot. 114: 167. 1992; N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb, Fl. Bhutan 3(3): 372, t. 17(bottom left). 2002; S.C.Chen et al. in Z.Y.Wu et al. (eds.), Fl. China 25: 345. 2009; Sittisudjathum & Tripetch, Wild Orchids Thailand 2 [in Thai]: 238, colour photos on pp. 238–239. 2009.— Coelogyne coronaria Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 27 (Misc.): 83. 1841.— Trichosma coronaria (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 691. 1891. Fig. 420.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Trichosma suavis Lindl. Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 28: t. 21. 1842; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 827. 1890.— Eria suavis (Lindl.) Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 52. 1859.
Eria cylindropoda Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 299. 1851.


Description : Pseudobulbs tufted, cylindrical, 5–18 by 0.3–0.5 cm; base covered by sheaths 2–5.5 cm long. Leaves 2, conduplicate, subterminal; lamina elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate-oblong, acute or obtuse, 5–18 by 1.5–4 cm. Inflorescence subterminal, 10–30 cm long, glabrous; floral bracts lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 5–8 mm long. Flowers mainly white; labellum mid-lobe flushed with yellow, side lobes striped with reddish purple. Sepals glabrous; dorsal sepal elliptic oblanceolate, obtuse, 17–21 by 5–7 mm; lateral sepals lanceolate, falcate, obtuse, 17–22 by 7–8 mm, mentum 7–8 mm long. Petals oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, 17–20 by 5–6 mm, glabrous. Labellum 3-lobed, oblong in outline, 14–15 by 11–12 mm; side lobes suborbicular to suboblong, ca 8 by 5 mm, sinus between side lobe and mid-lobe ca 3 mm; mid-lobe oblong, acute, ca 5 by 4 mm; disc ornamented by 3 entire or undulate lamellae on the disc and 5–7 crenate or undulate lamellae on the basal to central part of the mid-lobe. Column ca 5 mm long. Ovary (including pedicel) 5–6 mm long, glabrous. Capsule not seen.


Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai; NORTH-EASTERN: Loei.


Distribution : Nepal, India (type), Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Vietnam.


Ecology : Growing as an epiphyte in hill evergreen forests, 700–1,750 m alt. Flowering: January–April.


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