Orchidaceae
Eulophia

Eulophia taitensis Pfennig & P.J.Cribb

First published in Orchidee (Hamburg) 28: 215 (1977)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Tropical Africa. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Orchidaceae, V. S. Summerhayes. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1968

Morphology General Habit
A terrestrial herb 60–110 cm. tall.
Vegetative Multiplication Pseudobulbs
Perennating organs erect, proximate, pseudobulbous, narrowly cylindric-conical to fusiform, 7–22 cm. long, 1.5–3 cm. diameter, green, covered when young by sheathing leaf-bases; roots stout, long, 6 mm. diameter, white.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 6–14, fleshy, conduplicate, linear, acute or acuminate, 11–50 cm. long, 1.4–3 cm. wide, margins serrulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence laxly 5–15-flowered; peduncle bearing 4 short acute sheaths along length; rhachis 20–45 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 9–11 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers fleshy; sepals and petals yellow-green flushed with brown at tips; lip white or cream with a yellow callus and veined with red; pedicel and ovary 15–27 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Dorsal sepal spreading, oblanceolate, acute or apiculate, 22–25 mm. long, 4–8 mm. wide; lateral sepals lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or apiculate, 22 mm. long, 6–7 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate, 19–20 mm. long, 4.5–9 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Labellum
Lip obscurely 3-lobed, 18–20 mm. long, 15–17 mm. wide; side lobes elliptic; mid-lobe ± quadrate; callus of 3 ridges, verrucose but not raised towards apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Spur
Spur 3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column
Column 11 mm. long; foot 3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit pendent, 36–40 mm. long, 16 mm. diameter.
Figures
Pl. 3. Fig. 97/13–24.
Habitat
In thickets of Acacia-Ormocarpum on sandy soils, coastal bushland and in woodland; sea-level to 1300 m.
Distribution
not known elsewhere K7 T3 T6 U1 U3 U4
[FTEA]

General Description

A terrestrial herb 60–110 cm. tall. Perennating organs erect, proximate, pseudobulbous, narrowly cylindric-conical to fusiform, 7–22 cm. long, 1.5–3 cm. diameter, green, covered when young by sheathing leaf-bases; roots stout, long, 6 mm. diameter, white. Leaves 6–14, fleshy, conduplicate, linear, acute or acuminate, 11–50 cm. long, 1.4–3 cm. wide, margins serrulate. Inflorescence laxly 5–15-flowered; peduncle bearing 4 short acute sheaths along length; rhachis 20–45 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 9–11 mm. long. Flowers fleshy; sepals and petals yellow-green flushed with brown at tips; lip white or cream with a yellow callus and veined with red; pedicel and ovary 15–27 mm. long. Dorsal sepal spreading, oblanceolate, acute or apiculate, 22–25 mm. long, 4–8 mm. wide; lateral sepals lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or apiculate, 22 mm. long, 6–7 mm. wide. Petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate, 19–20 mm. long, 4.5–9 mm. wide. Lip obscurely 3-lobed, 18–20 mm. long, 15–17 mm. wide; side lobes elliptic; mid-lobe ± quadrate; callus of 3 ridges, verrucose but not raised towards apex; spur 3 mm. long. Column 11 mm. long; foot 3 mm. long. Fruit pendent, 36–40 mm. long, 16 mm. diameter. Pl. 3. Fig. 97/13–24.

Habitat

In thickets of Acacia-Ormocarpum on sandy soils, coastal bushland and in woodland; sea-level to 1300 m.

[E-EM]

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