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Lissochilus pulchellus

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Name

Identification
Eulophia clitellifera (Rchb.f.) Bolus [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Benny Bytebier, Lissochilus pulchellus Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Verified by Benny Bytebier,
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  • Lissochilus pulchellus
  • Eulophia clitellifera

Flora

Entry for LISSOCHILUS pulchellus Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 12, (1898) Author: (By R. A. Rolfe.)
Names
LISSOCHILUS pulchellus Rendle [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1895, 196.
Information
Scape 6–9 in. high, with several loose basal bracts; racemes 4–6 in. long, laxly many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 3–5 lin. long. Pedicels 5–7 lin. long. Sepals oblong, subobtuse, 3 lin. long; lateral adnate to the foot of the column. Petals broadly ovate, subobtuse, 3 1/2 lin. long. Lip trilobed, 3 1/2 lin. long; side lobes oblong, obtuse, 1/2 adnate to the column; front lobe elliptical-oblong, obtuse, crenulate; disc with several minutely verrucose nerves, somewhat convex in the middle of the front lobe; spur conical, 2 lin. long. Column stout, 1 1/2 lin. long; foot short.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Karagwe; Kibwera, 4000–5000 ft., in dry places after burning, Scott-Elliot, 8126!

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