| Eulophia longisepala Rendle |
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| Family : ORCHIDACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Eulophia |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Eulophia antennata Schltr. (1899) |
| =Eulophia bangweolensis Schltr. (1916) |
| =Eulophia stolzii Schltr. (1915) |
| =Eulophia triceras Schltr. (1915) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Terrestrial semisaprophytic herb 10-83 cm tall; with underground whitish cigar-shaped tubers set vertically in ground, 10-12 cm long, c. 1 cm Ø, of many nodes and with scale-like bracts; leaves 2-7, vestigial, linear, acuminate, 2-13x c. 0,2 cm, purplish; inflorescences 1-3, produced before leaves or with young leaves; peduncle wiry, red-green to purple with 2 basal sheaths and 1-2 sterile bracts above; rachis 8-25 cm long; bracts lanceolate, 3-9 mm long; flowers spreading, green tinged purple (sepals), green purple-veined (petals), and greenish yellow with purple veins (lip); pedicel and ovary 10-16 mm long, arched; sepals erect, linear, parallel to each other, 15-32x1-2 mm; petals porrect, narrowly elliptic, 10-16x2,5-4 mm; lip 10-14 mm long, 6-10 mm wide, 3-lobed, with callus of 3 ridges, papillate in 3-5 lines on mid-lobe; side lobes rounded; mid-lobe transversely elliptic, 8-11 mm long; spur conical, c. 2 mm long, slightly incurved; fruit pendent, 25-27 mm long. |
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| Ecology : |
Brachystegia woodland in dryish areas, often in burnt places; miombo and mixed deciduous woodland; coastal forest and bushveld; on granite outcrops, wooded kopjes, rocky hillslopes and escarpments; usually in stony or sandy soil; “in rich patch of black humus over boulders under Brachystegia tamarinoides [B. glaucescens]” (Ball, o.c.: 138); cupriferous and manganiferous hills; gallery forest; 5-1400 m alt. |
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Very variable in stature and in flower size, colour and length of erect tepals and size of callus on lip. The variation is considerable even within one colony. |
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S. Africa (close to S Mozambique border). |
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Easily recognized by its long narrow erect sepals. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb, Geophyte- Ht 0.2 - 0.63 m. Alt: 20 - 105 m. Distribution: KN |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Fl. Pl. South Africa 19: t.728 (1939).
- Orchids of Southern Africa : 380-381 (1999).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°45760 |
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