Compilation
Eulophia alta

8 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Eulophia alta (L.) Fawc. & Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Ariwaodo, J. O, 1976
Related name
  • Eulophia alta
  • Cymbidium verecundum
  • Limodorum altum
Common name
  • Wild coco, Flora of North America Vol. 26

Flora

Entry for Eulophia alta (Linnaeus) Fawcett & Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 26,
Names
Eulophia alta (Linnaeus) Fawcett & Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], Fl. Jamaica, 1: 112. 1910
Limodorum altum Linnaeus [family ORCHIDACEAE], Syst. Nat. ed., 12, 594. 1767
Cyrtopera longifolia (Kunth) Reichenbach f. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Cyrtopera woodfordii (Sims) Lindley [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Cyrtopodium woodfordii Sims [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Dendrobium longifolium Kunth [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Eulophia woodfordii (Sims) Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Platypus altus (Linnaeus) Small [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Platypus papilliferus Small [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Gustavo A. Romero-González
Information
Plants 70–170 cm. Leaves linear-elliptic to narrowly ovate, 20–120 × 3–11 cm, apex acuminate. Inflorescences erect, to 1 m; bracts narrowly ovate to filiform, 1–3 cm. Flowers many, 1.5–2.5 cm wide; sepals light green, very narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, apex acuminate to apiculate; lateral sepals slightly oblique, adnate to column foot; petals spreading, green or green with pink overflush, 13 × 7 mm, broader than sepals; lip red-maroon, concave, saccate, 11–17 × 18–28 mm, slightly to conspicuously 3-lobed, middle lobe apically obtuse, margins undulate, lateral lobes partially enclosing column; disc with erect lamellae; column 7–10 mm. Capsules ellipsoid, to 6 cm.
Phenology
jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
10–200[–2000] m;
Distribution
MexicoWest IndiesCentral AmericaSouth Americatropical Africa.USA Fla.USA Ga.

Related Materials