Eulophia macaulayi Summerh.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Eulophia

Characteristics

Lip 10.5–13 × 5–6.5 mm when flattened, 3-lobed at about halfway; side lobes obliquely triangular, subacute; mid-lobe 4–6 × 3–4.5 mm, elliptic or obovate-elliptic, the margin crenulate; callus of 3 ridges running from the base to the junction of the lobes, turning to tubercular keels on the mid-lobe; spur 4–5 mm long, cylindrical but slightly inflated at apex, slightly curved.
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Leaves 3–5 in a tuft, 10–25 cm long, less than 1 mm wide, narrowly linear, acute, starting to develop at flowering time.
Perennating organs pseudobulbous, partly above ground, c. 5 × 1 cm, conical with several nodes, set close together.
Flowers spreading, pendent after flowering, sweetly scented, yellow or yellow-green, the lip ± purple-veined.
Inflorescence laxly several-flowered, the flowers set 1.5–3 cm apart; scape with several sheaths.
Sepals 12–15 × 1.5–2 mm, linear-spathulate, spreading, slightly reflexed at the tips.
Petals 8–11 × 2–3 mm, oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, lying over column.
Bracts c. 7 mm long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate.
Slender terrestrial herb 27–38 cm tall.
Column 4–5 mm long with a short foot.
Pedicel and ovary 10–11 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:634740-1
WFO ID wfo-0000960041
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Synonyms

Eulophia macaulayi