Entry for EULOPHIA Schweinfurthii Kränzl. [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
EULOPHIA SchweinfurthiiKränzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 54.
Information
Scape 22 in. high, very slender, with several sheaths; racemes lax, few-flowered. Bracts linear-subulate, very narrow, 4–5 lin. long. Pedicels 4–6 lin. long. Dorsal sepal nearly orbicular, apiculate, 4 lin. long and about as broad; lateral subequal, a little broader than the dorsal. Petals much smaller than the sepals, broadly ligulate, acute, 4 lin. long, 1 1/2 lin. broad. Lip trilobed; side lobes erect, rhomboid, with a rounded apex; front lobe oblong, acute, 5 lin. long; disc with three keels extending from the apex to the base of the lip. Keels elevated and tuberculate in front; spur stout, straight, extinguisher-shaped. Column 3 lin. long, a little dilated above.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land Bongoland; near Tondy River, Schweinfurth, 2671.