台湾苹兰 tai wan ping lan

Eria copelandii Leavitt, Philipp. J. Sci., C, 4: 203, 226. 1909; E. formosana Rolfe; E. plicatilabella Hayata; E. tomentosiflora Hayata.

Rhizome stout. Pseudobulbs often branched, branches cylindric, 10-15 cm, often slightly dilated toward apex, apex of branch 4-6-leaved. Leaf blade lanceolate, 12-15 × 1.2-1.5 cm, base attenuate and articulate, apex subacute. Inflorescences 1 or 2, subterminal, usually pendulous, 7-13 cm, several to many flowered; rachis reddish brown tomentose; floral bracts recurved, green, elliptic to lanceolate, 6-8.5 mm, hairy at first, soon becoming glabrous, subacute. Flowers yellowish green, slightly tinged with reddish brown; pedicel and ovary 5-9 mm, reddish brown tomentose. Sepals tomentose abaxially; dorsal sepal narrowly elliptic, ca. 9 × 3.2 mm, obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, ca. 8.5 × 4.2 mm, obtuse; mentum short. Petals reddish brown, ovate-elliptic, ca. 7.5 × 2.5 mm, glabrous, obtuse; lip recurved, ovate, 3-4 × 1.8-2.5 mm, adaxially with 2 short lamellae, base with a colored blotch on either side, margin entire, apex mucronate. Column ca. 2 mm; foot ca. 2 mm. Fl. Mar-Apr. 2n = 38.

Epiphytic on tree trunks in forests; 200-1500 m. Taiwan [Philippines].