Entry for EULOPHIA litoralis Schlechter [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By R. A. ROLFE.)
Names
EULOPHIA litoralisSchlechter [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 338
Information
tubers oblique, thick, 2–3 in. long; leaves absent at flowering time (not seen); scapes lateral, stout, 1–1 1/2 ft. high, with several narrow spathaceous sheaths; bracts oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 3/4–1 in. long; pedicels about 3/4 in. long; flowers yellow, rather large; sepals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, about 3/4 in. long; petals elliptic-oblong, acute, about as long the sepals; lip broadly elliptic, 3-lobed, rather broader than the petals; side lobes broad, with acute apex; front lobe obovate-orbicular, emarginate; disc with about 9 rows of papillæ in front, and a pair of slightly thickened keels behind; spur oblong, obtuse, 1/6 in. long; column clavate, nearly 1/2 in. long; anther apiculate. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Caledon Div.; sand dunes near Hawston, at the mouth of the Bot River, Schlechter, 9468!
