Eria hyacinthoides (Blume) Lindl.

Orchid Species: Eria hyacinthoides

Kew currently accepted name is Bryobium hyacinthoides

Eria hyacinthoides is an orchid species identified by (Blume) Lindl. in 1830. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Bryobium hyacinthoides.

Genus

Eria (Er.)

Grex

hyacinthoides

Parents

Species

Author

(Blume) Lindl.

Year

1830

ORIGIN: A small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte found in the Malaysian peninsula, Sumatra and Java at elevations of 500 to 1700 meters.

DESCRIPTION: A small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte found in the Malaysian peninsula, Sumatra and Java at elevations of 500 to 1700 meters with clustered, oblong, basally sheathed pseudobulbs carrying narrowly lanceolate, petiolate leaves that are held in pairs towards the apex that blooms in the spring on up to 2, erect, white fuzzy, shorter to 10 [to 25 cm], loosely many [20 to 40] flowered, racemose inflorescence with many fragrant [not nice] flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: About 4/5 inch [to about 2 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).

Other NamesGenus NameGenusGrex NameYearAuthor

Add+	Dendrolirium	Ddlr	ebulbe	1825	Blume
Add+	Bryobium	Byb	hyacinthoides	2005	(Blume) Y.P.Ng & P.J.Cribb
Add+	Eria	Er	ebulbis	1830	(Blume) Lindl.
Add+	Eria	Er	endymion	1896	Ridl.
Add+	Pinalia	Pina	ebulbis	1891	(Blume) Kuntze
Add+	Dendrolirium	Ddlr	hyacinthoides	1825	Blume
Add+	Pinalia	Pina	hyacinthodes	1891	(Blume) Kuntze
Add+	Pinalia	Pina	hyacinthoides	1891	(Blume) Kuntze

Most awarded/recent cultivars: Byb. hyacinthoides 'Kinsley' (2018) Byb. hyacinthoides 'Deggendorf' (2013) Byb. hyacinthoides 'Paraiso Tropical' (2012) Byb. hyacinthoides 'Nathan Joji Chung' (2006) Er. hyacinthoides 'Windy Hill's Snowstorm' (2005) Er. hyacinthoides 'Patricia Harding' (2003) Er. hyacinthoides 'Temaly' (1976)

orchids.org/grexes/eria-hyacinthoides

Eria hyacinthoides is a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte found in the Malaysian penninsula, Sumatra and Java at elevations of 500 to 1700 meters with clustered, oblong, basally sheathed pseudobulbs carrying narrowly lanceolate, petiolate leaves that are held in pairs towards the apex that blooms in the spring on up to 2, erect, white fuzzy, shorter to 25 cm, loosely many [20 to 40] flowered, racemose inflorescence with many fragrant [not nice] flowers.

Eria hyacinthoides (redfoxorchids.com.au)

 

 

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