| Author: | Victor Samuel Summerhayes,
1958 |
| Family: |
ORCHIDACEAE |
| Origin: |
Angola,
Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan,
Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe |
| Soil: |
Rich |
| Water:
|
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
3,5 Centimetres |
| Height: |
200 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
| Names:
|
Yellow
Swamp Orchid |
| Synonyms: |
Cymbidium angolense, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, 1865.
Cyrtopera stolziana, Kraenzl.
Eulophia buchananii, Bolus.
Eulophia lindleyana, Schltr.
Eulophia stolziana, Engl.
Lissochilus angolensis, Rchb.f.
Lissochilus antunesii, Rolfe.
Lissochilus buchananii, Rchb.f.
Lissochilus eylesii, Rendle.
Lissochilus katentaniensis, De Wild.
Lissochilus latus, Rolfe.
Lissochilus lindleyanus, Rchb.f.
Lissochilus mildbraedii, Kraenzl.
Lissochilus paludicola, Rchb.f.
Lissochilus platypterus, Rchb.f.
Lissochilus stolzianus, Schltr.
Lissochilus ugandae, Rolfe.
Lissochilus validus, Rendle. |
This member of the Orchidaceae
family was given this name by Victor Samuel Summerhayes in 1958. It
is found in central and southern Africa, growing in swampy rich soil
with lots of water and some to lots of sun. The plant can grow to
200 centimetres with a flower stalk that can reach 200 centimetres, full of yellow flowers. The bulbs can grow to 3,5
centimetres in diameter.
The genera name means 'good or
beautiful plume'. The species name as it originates from Angola.
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