Eulophia biloba Schltr.

Species

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Characteristics

Lip cuneate, 7 mm long, 12 mm wide when flattened, bilobed, the lobes diverging and obliquely rounded; base of lip narrow, with 2 low lamellae and the 3 intermediate nerves somewhat thickened; spur 4 mm long, subcylindrical, obtuse.
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Column short, sessile, 2.5 mm tall; anther rounded; pollinia rhomboid, slightly flattened; stipes short, quadrate; viscidium oblong-quadrate, bigger than the stipes.
Scape slender, straight or slightly flexuous, sometimes branched, with several tight, well-spaced sheaths, soon withering.
Sepals 7 × 3 mm, linear or linear-oblong, subacute, 3-nerved, the laterals subfalcate.
Inflorescence lax, racemose or paniculate, several-to many-flowered.
Leaves 30–40 cm × 8–13 mm, linear, acute, stiff, glabrous.
Bracts erect to spreading, lanceolate, acuminate.
Perennating organ subterranean, not known.
Ovary slender, with a very short pedicel.
Flowers spreading; colour not recorded.
Petals 7 × 2 mm, linear, subfalcate.
Tall, slender herb 60–100 cm high.
Stem cylindrical, the apex leafy.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Eulophia biloba world distribution map, present in Mozambique

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:634457-1
WFO ID wfo-0000959711
COL ID 3CBWS
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Eulophia biloba