Shrikant ji, here's the key from Dr. Almeida's flora : pg 42, Vol V-A
*Eria* Lindl. (nom.cons.)
1.Flowers solitary on slender scapes
E. reticosa
1.Flowers in racemes or
spikes------------------------------------------------------------------2
2. Inflorescence tomentose
E. pubescens
2. Inflorescence
glabrous------------------------------------------------------------------------3
3. Small plants less than 10 cm high; leaves less than 8 cm long;
sepals and petals
greenish-yellow---------------------------------------------------4
4. Plants leafless at flowering time
E. exilis
4. Plants leafy at flowering time; scape
straight-------------------------------5
5. Margins of sepals entire; lip ovate-lanceolate
E. conrardii
5. Margins of sepals ciliate with minute gland-tipped
hairs; lip pandurate
E. microchilos
3.Plant exceeding 10 cm high; leaves 10-20 cm long; sepals
and petals white
E. mysorensis
Hope this helps. One of the books I don't have is Santapau Kapadia- Orchids
of Bombay.
regards,
Rashida.
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:08 AM, shrikant ingalhalikar
<[email protected]>wrote:
> Thank you Rashida ji for a confirmation. I have been following 'The
> Orchids of Bombay' by Santapau Kapadia for ID. Could you pls give a
> similar dichotomous key for Eria genus to compare.(Sorry, I don't have
> a copy of flora of Maha) Regards, Shrikant
>
>
> On Oct 2, 3:21 pm, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > These tiny orchids -Eria conrardii Almeida were seen last week at
> Amboli,
> > Maharashtra. As Dr. Almeida explained this was given an incorrrect
> > description as Eris dalzellii Lindl, type of Dalzellii was different,
> hence
> > the new name after the director for a brief period of Blatter herbarium.
> A
> > very interesting explanation is available in Dr. Almeida's flora of
> Mah.Vvol
> > V -A pg 42/43.
> >
> > regards,
> > Rashida.
> >
> > Eria conrardii Almeida at Amboli.JPG
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