Eulophia caricifolia (Rchb.F.) Summerh.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Eulophia

Characteristics

A terrestrial herb 50–130 cm. tall.. Perennating organs subterranean, rhizomatous, cylindrical, fleshy, 15 or more cm. long, 6–8 mm. diameter; roots dense along rhizome, 2 mm. diameter.. Leaves 4, erect, plicate, linear, acuminate, 60–140 cm. long, 6–14 mm. wide, long-petiolate.. Inflorescence laxly few-flowered; peduncle 5 mm. diameter; rhachis 9–40 cm. long; bracts lanceolate-ovate, acute, 5–10 mm. long.. Flowers spreading to subnutant; sepals grey-red to maroon; petals pink to white; lip pink veined red with a mauve mid-lobe and yellow callus; pedicel and ovary 21–24 mm. long.. Dorsal sepal erect, spathulate, obtuse, 15–21 mm. long, 3–4 mm. wide; lateral sepals erect, spathulate, obtuse, 16–21 mm. long, 3–4 mm. wide.. Petals porrect over column, elliptic, rounded, 14.5–18 mm. long, 9–10 mm. wide.. Lip 3-lobed, 18–21 mm. long, 10–13.5 mm. wide; side lobes semi-elliptic; mid-lobe elliptic with undulate margin.. Spur saccate, 5 mm. long, truncate and recurved slightly at apex; callus of 3 basal verrucose ridges merging into 5 cristate-papillate ridges above.. Column 8–9 mm. long; foot 5–5.5 mm. long; anther bilobed.. Fruit pendent, 14–17 mm. long.. Fig. 93/10–17.
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Lip 18–20 × 9.5–13.5 mm, 3-lobed; side lobes erect; mid-lobe 7–9 × 6 mm, with 3–5 crests composed of long, fimbriate outgrowths, the middle one better developed than the outer ones; the margins undulate; spur 5–7.5 mm long, conical, blunt.
Leaves several in a grass-like tuft, 30–140 × 0.6–1.4 cm, linear, acute, plicate, partly developed to well developed at flowering time.
Pedicel and ovary 13–20 mm long, the ovary starting to swell before the flowers have faded.
Inflorescence laxly few-to several-flowered; scape fairly stout with several loose sheaths.
Sepals erect, spathulate; dorsal sepal 14–20 × 4–5.5 mm; lateral sepals 16–20 × 2–5.5 mm.
Sepals brownish, petals and lip pink or white tinged with mauve.
Petals 14–18 × 6.5–10 mm, ovate, obtuse, projecting over column.
Perennating organ subterranean, rhizomatous, fleshy.
Terrestrial herb 50–130 cm tall.
Leaves very long and narrow
Sepals red or purplish
Crests on lip yellow.
Bracts 5–10 mm long.
Petals white to red
Column 8–9 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.3
Root system rhizome
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Eulophia caricifolia world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:634493-1
WFO ID wfo-0000959754
COL ID 3CBX9
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Lissochilus antennisepalus Lissochilus wilsonii Lissochilus caricifolius Eulophia mweruensis Eulophia wilsonii Eulophia caricifolia Eulophia antennisepala Eulophia angolensis var. mweruensis Eulophia caricifolia var. antennisepala Lissochilus longifolius

Lower taxons

Eulophia caricifolia var. caricifolia