Eulophia brenanii P.J.Cribb & La Croix

Species

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Characteristics

Flowers purplish, the sepals dusted with rusty-brown, the petals paler; lip mid-lobe white or pale lilac, side lobes with purple veins.
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Lip 14–15 × 4 mm, 3-lobed in apical half; side lobes erect; mid-lobe 5–7 × 2–2.5 mm, diamond-shaped with a few papillae.
Spur 8–10 mm long, slender, cylindrical, straight or slightly upturned at the tip.
Inflorescence rather laxly 3–7-flowered, the flowers apparently ± secund.
Slender terrestrial herb 20–30 cm high, subterranean parts unknown.
Petals 8–9 × 2–2.5 mm, lanceolate, acute, projecting over column.
Sepals erect, 9–13.5 × 0.7–1 mm, lanceolate, acute.
Bracts to 8 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate.
Leaves 3–4, vestigial at flowering time.
Pedicel and ovary 11–14 mm long.
Column 6 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Eulophia brenanii world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1005718-1
WFO ID wfo-0000959722
COL ID 3CBWZ
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Synonyms

Eulophia brenanii