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Identification
Eulophia robusta Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
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Entry for EULOPHIA robusta Rolfe [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 robusta Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 369
EULOPHIA dregeana Schlechter [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 25, not of Lindl.; Bolus, Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. ii. t. 9, partly.
Information
rhizome stout, woody, thickened at the nodes; leaves in a fascicle of 4 to 6, ensiform or elongate-linear, acute, strongly veined, suberect or somewhat recurved, 1/3–1 ft. long, with 2 or 3 short exterior sheaths at the base; scape basal, erect, stout, 3/4–1 1/2 ft. high, with numerous lanceolate or spathaceous somewhat imbricate sheaths; racemes many-flowered, somewhat dense, 3–6 in. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 1/2–1 in. long; pedicels about 3/4 in. long; flowers rather large, yellow, or the petals and lip pink or white and the sepals brown; sepals oblong-lanceolate or attenuate from a broader base, acute or acuminate, over 3/4 in. long; petals elliptic-oblong or ovate, obtuse or subacute, as long as and sometimes longer than the sepals and over twice as broad; lip broadly ovate, 3-lobed, rather shorter than the petals; side lobes broadly rounded; front lobe broadly elliptic or rounded; disc with 5–7 somewhat thickened veins, verrucose behind and with scattered crests or papillæ in front; spur oblong, rather stout, nearly 1/6 in. long; column broadly oblong, about 1/4 in. long. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Umtata, Miss Pegler in Herb. Bolus, 10672! Griqualand East; on rough slopes near Kokstad, Tyson, 1086! 1596. Natal; Oliviers Hoek, sources of the Tugela River, 4000 ft., Allison, B! near Camperdown, Wood, 1960, near Durban, Miss Doidge, 5883! and without precise locality, 3000 ft., Allison, Z 111!KALAHARI REGION Orange River Colony; Bethlehem, Richardson! Ventersburg, Low! and without precise locality, Cooper, 976! 3595! Basutoland; Drakensberg, 8000 ft., Sanderson, 628! near Leribe, Dieterlen, 134! Transvaal; Magaliesberg, Schlechter, 3617, Burke, 407! Mooi River, Burke! near Heidelberg, 6000 ft., McLea in Herb. Bolus, 5618! Wilms, 1390! Burtt-Davy, 5627! 9131! near Barberton, 2000–4000 ft., Culver, 17! Galpin, 719; Pilgrims Rest, Greenstock! Johannesburg, Ommanney, 5! 79! Rand, 1097! near Pretoria, 4600 ft., Miss Leendertz, 680, Nelson, 512! Burtt-Davy, 1044! 3853! Wonder-fontein, Nelson, 263! Bolus, 12306; Little Olifants River, 3000 ft., Schlechter, 4049! Ermelo, Wilkinson! Burtt-Davy, 1005! 2159! 5476! Baastkraal, Jenkins, 6242! Great Olifants River, Nilkerk, 7507! Carolina, Rademacher, 7494! and without precise locality, Sanderson! Hallack!
Notes
This has been more or less confused with E. dregeana, Lindl., and may yet contain more than a single species. It is very variable, and the range of colour is remarkable. Examination of living plants may show further differences. The two specimens cited by Schlechter as E. dregeana, Lindl., I have not seen, but geographically they should belong here, and I have included them.

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