Accession #: 201000148
Accession Date: 2010-10-14
Common name: Peters' Eulophia
Family: Orchidaceae
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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
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Source: Birds Botanicals
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Culture:
Well-drained pots with cactus/succulent potting mix and given ample light through the winter and a drier winter resting period.