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Eria sabasaroe Ormerod, Austral. Orchid Rev. 60, 6 (1995) 39, fig.
Type: NGF (Sayers) 21274 (holo LAE)
Synonyms:
Epiphyte. Rhizome not seen. Roots beneath pseudobulbs, 0.2-0.3 cm diam. Pseudobulbs cylindrical, 8-10 cm long, 1.3-1.7 cm diam., 3-leaved at apex. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, coriaceous, finely many-veined, 21-39 by 2.4-3.9 cm. Inflorescence subterminal, shortly laxly pubescent, rather densely many- (at least 30-)flowered, to 30 cm long, 0.15-0.3 cm diam.; peduncle short, winged, 33.5 cm long. Floral bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, minutely pubescent, to 1.1 by 0.15-0.2 cm. Pedicel with ovary minutely pubescent, 0.6-0.8 cm long. Flowers very sweetly scented, outside minutely pubescent. Median sepal ovate-lanceolate, acute, 3-veined, to 1.1 by 0.4 cm. Lateral sepals triangular-falcate, acute, 3-veined, to 11 by 0.5-0.6 cm; mentum obtuse, 0.4-0.5 cm long. Petals ovate-lanceolate, acute, to 0.95 by 0.3 cm. Lip 3-lobed, to 1 by 0.6 cm, with three lamellate keels on the hypochile which raise higher on the mid-lobe and end abruptly, margins dentate-finely crisped, 0.4 cm long and broad. Column short, stout, with an apical, narrow, basally lobed wing, 0.3-0.4 cm long; foot forming an acute angle with the ovary, 0.4 cm long.
(After Ormerod, 1995).
Flowers dark green, margin of lip tinged bright purple.
Epiphyte. Altitude 1219 m.
Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).
Intermediate growing epiphyte.
October.
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