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ERIA armeniaca. 
Apricot-coloured Eria. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Oncuipace®, § MALAXIDES. 
ERIA. Botanical Register, vol. 9. fol. 904. 
E. armeniaca (Lanate) ; pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis triphyllis, foliis 
oblongo-lanceolatis coriaceis levibus, racemo tomentoso radicali basi 
vaginato stricto foliis sequali v. longiore, foliis scapi bracteisque lanceo- 
latis acuminatis subcoriaceis (armeniacis), labelli lobis lateralibus denti- 
formibus intermedio rhombeo crispo; lamellis 5 rectis haud crispatis 
lateralibus abbreviatis divergentibus intermedia versus apicem labelli 
producta. Bot. Reg. 1841. mise. 70. 
es of this large Orchidaceous genus 
there is no great number handsome enough to claim the 
attention of the cultivator; for their flowers are either pale, 
or small, or dingy. That however now represented is a de- ' 
cided exception to the general character of the species, its 
gay apricot-coloured bracts amply compensating for the dull- 
ness of the flowers themselves. 
in which the bracts are always richly 
coloured; but no others of which have yet been seen in 
Europe. Dr. Blume enumerates several ; one with yellow, 
and another with red bracts changing to brilliant orange. 
Even here the interior of the flower will repay a careful 
examination, in consequence of the beautiful form and rich 
colouring of the lip, as shewn at fig. 1. 
und it in the Philippine islands, in the 
and sent it to Messrs. Loddiges, 
Its flowering stem is about a 
Of the many speci 
It belongs to a set 
Mr. Cuming fo 
I. dos Negros and elsewhere, 
with whom it has flowered. 
foot high. 
_It should be potted in turfy peat or sphagnum, and grown 
