Accession Data

Eulophia petersii

Common Name: Peters' Eulophia

Family: Orchidaceae

Country of Origin: Eritrea to S. Africa, Socotra, Arabian Pen.

Description: Robust terrestrial with large pseudobulbs mostly above ground. Leaves 2-4, grey-green, stiffly succulent with serrated margins, somewhat folded along their length. Inflorescences up to 2.5 m tall, branched, laxly many-flowered. Petals erect and sepals overlying the column, all green, heavily tinged with purple-brown and curled back at the apex. Lip 3-lobed; sidelobes greenish with purple veining; mid-lobe white with purple lamellae. Spur 6 mm, cylindric.1

Accession Data

Accession #: 201000148

Accession Date: 2010-10-14 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2208

Quantity: 2

Source: Birds Botanicals

Culture: Well-drained pots with cactus/succulent potting mix and given ample light through the winter and a drier winter resting period.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

SubFamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Cymbidieae

SubTribe: Eulophiinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2012

References

  1. Flora of Zimbabwe
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 24 May 2015.
  3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 24 May 2015

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