Author: | John
Lindley, 1828 |
Family: |
ORCHIDACEAE |
Origin: |
Angola,
Burundi, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi,
Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania,
Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
7
Centimetres |
Height: |
30 (90)
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Pale
Yellow |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
Names:
|
Striped
Petal Eulophia |
Synonyms: |
Lissochilus krebsii Rchb. f. 1847.
Eulophia paivaeana,
Summerhayes, 1953.
Lissochilus krebsii Rchb.f 1847.
Lissochilus paivaeanus Rchb. f. 1865.
Lissochilus
streptopetalus, Lindley, 1833.
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.
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