Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Saprophytic terrestrial, up to 70 cm. Stems purple-brown when young, turning greyish with age. Leaves 3, purple-brown, bract-like. Inflorescence lax, up to 20-flowered. Sepals linear, purple-brown, semi-erect, reflexed at the tips. Petals yellowish-purple, overlying the column but curled back at the tips. Lip 3-lobed, pointed, densely papillose, white, yellowish near the base. Spur up to 5 mm, slightly bulbous near the apex.
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eulophia subsaprophytica Schltr. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=119630
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Frequent
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eulophia subsaprophytica Schltr. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=119630
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings