EULOPHIA STREPTOPETALA
Author:
John Lindley, 1828
Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
Origin:
Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
Bot. Reg. 12: t. 1002 (1826)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
7 Centimetres
Height:
30 (90) Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Bulbs
CITES:
Synonyms:
Lissochilus krebsii Rchb. f. 1847.
Eulophia paivaeana, Summerhayes, 1953.
Lissochilus krebsii Rchb.f 1847.
Lissochilus paivaeanus Rchb. f. 1865.
Lissochilus streptopetalus, Lindley, 1833.
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Eulophia streptopetala var. rueppelii, P.J.Cribb.
Eulophia streptopetala var. stenophylla, P.J.Cribb.
This member of the Orchidaceae family was described by John Lindley in 1828. It is found in the tropical Africa from east down to south and over to west. It grows in woods and grassland, in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The corm will grow up to seven centimetres in diameter, the whole plant will get up to 30 centimetres height, the pale yellow flower 90 centimetres.
The genera name means 'good or beautiful plume'. The species name means 'twisted' and 'petal' for the flowers. Photo by SAplants, Wikipedia.org.
Flower
Pale Yellow
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
