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Eria exilis
Synonym
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Eria chandrasekharanii
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Family
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Orchidaceae
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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January-May
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Distribution
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Western Ghats
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Palakkad, Wayanad
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Habitat
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Evergreen forests
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Key
botanical characters:
Small pseudobulbous epiphytes; pseudobulbs
globose, usually in threes forming a chain. Leaves up to 3 x 0.6 cm, sessile,
appearing usually before the flowers, persisting till fruiting,
obovate-elliptic, glabrous, rounded, apiculate at apex, tapering at base.
Flowers small in flexuous, dull white, capillary, bracteate scapes 3 - 6 cm
long, arising from between the leaves; bracts boat-shaped. Sepals united,
glabrous. Petals ovate-elliptic, shorter than sepals; lip falcate. Capsules
to 5 x 2 mm, broadly ovoid.
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