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Orchid Species: Eria major

Kew currently accepted name is Mycaranthes oblitterata

Eria major is an orchid species identified by Ridl. in 1896. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Mycaranthes oblitterata.
Genus
Eria (Er.)
Grex
major
Parents
Species
Author
Ridl.
Year
1896
ORIGIN: Found in Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra, Moluccas, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, northeastern Australia, and Samoa in lowland and montane moss forests at elevations around 200 to 2400 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or terrestrial with elongate stems carrying narrowly lanceolate, apically erose, acute leaves that blooms in the spring on 1 to 3 terminal, simple, 7.2 [18 cm] long, 40 to 50 flowered inflorescence. The plant habit appears when not in flower to be Vandanaceous but in reality is sympodial.

FLOWER SIZE: 0.2 inches [5.5 mm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Mycaranthes Mrth oblitterata 1825 Blume
Add+ Pinalia Pina kingii 1891 Kuntze
Add+ Eria Er kingii 1882 F.Muell.
Add+ Eria Er ambasiensis 1907 F.M.Bailey
Add+ Eria Er callosa 1927 M.R.Hend.
Add+ Eria Er hollandiae 1911 J.J.Sm.
Add+ Eria Er inornata 1952 T.E.Hunt
Add+ Eria Er larutensis 1920 Ridl.
Add+ Eria Er linariiflora 1953 Rupp
Add+ Eria Er moluccana 1905 Schltr. & J.J.Sm. in J.J.Smith
Add+ Eria Er sclerophylla 1858 Lindl.
Add+ Eria Er tahanensis 1915 Ridl.
Add+ Eria Er tomentella 1861 Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Add+ Eria Er wollastonii 1916 Ridl.
Add+ Mycaranthes Mrth abbreviata 1911 Blume ex Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.)
Add+ Mycaranthes Mrth ridleyi 1983 (Rolfe) Rauschert
Add+ Pinalia Pina sclerophylla 1891 (Lindl.) Kuntze
Add+ Pinalia Pina javensis 1891 (Zoll. & Moritzi) Kuntze
Add+ Eria Er oblitterata 1857 (Blume) Rchb.f.
Add+ Hymeneria Hmn kingii 2002 (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Pinalia Pina oblitterata 1891 (Blume) Kuntze
Add+ Eria Er ridleyi 1914 Rolfe
Add+ Eria Er javensis 1846 Zoll. & Moritzi in A.Moritzi
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Er. inornata 'Marge Soule' (1984)
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