| Author: |
L.A. Garay & P.G. Taylor, 1976 |
| Family: |
ORCHIDACEAE |
| Origin: |
Northern Madagascar |
| Soil: |
Rich
Drained |
| Water:
|
Medium - Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
3 Centimetres |
| Height: |
5 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White / Pink / Greenish-Brown |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Pseudobulbs |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Eulophidium roseovariegatum, Senghas, 1967.
Oeceoclades gracillima, Garay & P. Taylor, 1976.
Eulophia gracillima, Schltr.
Eulophidium gracillimum, Schltr.
Lissochilus gracillimus, H.Perrier. |
This member of the
Orchidaceae family was
given this name by Leslie
Andrew Garay and Peter Geoffrey Taylor in 1976. It is found in
northern Madagascar, growing in a rich and
drained soil with some water and some sun. The pseudobulbs grow
to two centimetres with five centimetre speckled leaves (hence the
name). The flowers are greenish brown with a white inner with pink
spots.
The genera name from Greek
oikeios; 'special' or 'separate', and Greek klados;
'branch', probably for the short branches of the former Angraecum
maculatum and the mottled leaves, according to Genaust, l.c. It was published by John Lindley
in Edwards' Bot. Reg. 18: sub t. 1522. 1832. The species name from Latin rose; the
colour and varigata; 'variegated'. |
