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Eulophia dactylifera P.J. Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 2, (1998) Author: I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb
Names
Eulophia dactylifera P.J. Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 32: 163 (1977). Type: Zambia, Gwembe Distr., G. & A. Williamson 2065 (K, holotype; SRGH).
Eulophia sp. 72 [family ORCHIDACEAE], of Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 175 (1977).
Information
Slender plant 60–80 cm tall.Perennating organs subterranean, 3–5 × 3–5 cm, obliquely conical, forming a short chain.Leaves 4–5, the lowest 2 sheath-like, 10–15 × 3.5–4 cm, ovate, acute, the edge undulate.Inflorescence rather laxly many-flowered, the lower capsules formed before the upper flowers open; scape with several sheaths.Pedicel and ovary c. 13 mm long, decurved.Flowers yellow, the lip with purple veins.Sepals erect, obovate, apiculate; dorsal sepal 9 × 4 mm, lateral sepals 10 × 4.5 mm.Petals 9 × 7, obliquely ovate, apiculate, lying over the column.Lip 9 × 6 mm, obscurely 3-lobed near the base, with 2 parallel calli c. 1 mm high in the throat, each branched, with radiating, papillose projections; from the base of each callus a low, verrucose crest runs down the lip.Side lobes rounded, mid-lobe triangular, obtuse; spur conical, short.Column 3 mm long.
Habitat
Bare patches in mopane woodland, with xerophytic species such as Euphorbia cooperi, Caralluma schweinfurthii and Kalanchoe and Crassula spp.
Range
Known only from the above collections
Distribution
Zambia S Gwembe Distr., 16 km north of Kariba, fl. xii.1969, G. & A. Williamson 2065 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chipinge Distr., fl. 17.xii.1961, Ball 975 (SRGH).
Notes
This species is related to E. fridericii (Rchb.f.) A.V. Hall and E. gonychila Schltr., but can be easily distinguished by the branched calli in the mouth of the spur.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 2, (1998) Author: I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb
Names
Eulophia dactylifera P.J. Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 32: 163 (1977). Type: Zambia, Gwembe Distr., G. & A. Williamson 2065 (K, holotype; SRGH).
Eulophia sp. 72 [family ORCHIDACEAE], of Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 175 (1977).
Information
Slender plant 60–80 cm tall.Perennating organs subterranean, 3–5 × 3–5 cm, obliquely conical, forming a short chain.Leaves 4–5, the lowest 2 sheath-like, 10–15 × 3.5–4 cm, ovate, acute, the edge undulate.Inflorescence rather laxly many-flowered, the lower capsules formed before the upper flowers open; scape with several sheaths.Pedicel and ovary c. 13 mm long, decurved.Flowers yellow, the lip with purple veins.Sepals erect, obovate, apiculate; dorsal sepal 9 × 4 mm, lateral sepals 10 × 4.5 mm.Petals 9 × 7, obliquely ovate, apiculate, lying over the column.Lip 9 × 6 mm, obscurely 3-lobed near the base, with 2 parallel calli c. 1 mm high in the throat, each branched, with radiating, papillose projections; from the base of each callus a low, verrucose crest runs down the lip.Side lobes rounded, mid-lobe triangular, obtuse; spur conical, short.Column 3 mm long.
Habitat
Bare patches in mopane woodland, with xerophytic species such as Euphorbia cooperi, Caralluma schweinfurthii and Kalanchoe and Crassula spp.
Range
Known only from the above collections
Distribution
Zambia S Gwembe Distr., 16 km north of Kariba, fl. xii.1969, G. & A. Williamson 2065 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chipinge Distr., fl. 17.xii.1961, Ball 975 (SRGH).
Notes
This species is related to E. fridericii (Rchb.f.) A.V. Hall and E. gonychila Schltr., but can be easily distinguished by the branched calli in the mouth of the spur.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 2, (1998) Author: I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb
Names
Eulophia dactylifera P.J. Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 32: 163 (1977). Type: Zambia, Gwembe Distr., G. & A. Williamson 2065 (K, holotype; SRGH).
Eulophia sp. 72 [family ORCHIDACEAE], of Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 175 (1977).
Information
Slender plant 60–80 cm tall.Perennating organs subterranean, 3–5 × 3–5 cm, obliquely conical, forming a short chain.Leaves 4–5, the lowest 2 sheath-like, 10–15 × 3.5–4 cm, ovate, acute, the edge undulate.Inflorescence rather laxly many-flowered, the lower capsules formed before the upper flowers open; scape with several sheaths.Pedicel and ovary c. 13 mm long, decurved.Flowers yellow, the lip with purple veins.Sepals erect, obovate, apiculate; dorsal sepal 9 × 4 mm, lateral sepals 10 × 4.5 mm.Petals 9 × 7, obliquely ovate, apiculate, lying over the column.Lip 9 × 6 mm, obscurely 3-lobed near the base, with 2 parallel calli c. 1 mm high in the throat, each branched, with radiating, papillose projections; from the base of each callus a low, verrucose crest runs down the lip.Side lobes rounded, mid-lobe triangular, obtuse; spur conical, short.Column 3 mm long.
Habitat
Bare patches in mopane woodland, with xerophytic species such as Euphorbia cooperi, Caralluma schweinfurthii and Kalanchoe and Crassula spp.
Range
Known only from the above collections
Distribution
Zambia S Gwembe Distr., 16 km north of Kariba, fl. xii.1969, G. & A. Williamson 2065 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chipinge Distr., fl. 17.xii.1961, Ball 975 (SRGH).
Notes
This species is related to E. fridericii (Rchb.f.) A.V. Hall and E. gonychila Schltr., but can be easily distinguished by the branched calli in the mouth of the spur.
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