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Eulophia macaulayae
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Lumangwe Falls, Mporokoso Distr., Northern Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Lumangwe Falls, Mporokoso Distr., Northern Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Lumangwe Falls, Mporokoso Distr., Northern Province
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| Status: | Very doubtful |
| Description: |
Terrestrial herb 27-38 cm tall growing from conical pseudobulbs partly above ground, c. 5 x 1 cm; leaves 3-5 in a tuft, 10 -25 cm long and less than 1 mm wide, grass-like, linear, just starting to develop at flowering time; inflorescence laxly flowered; scape with several sheaths; flowers spreading, sweetly scented, yellow or yellow-green, lip ± purple veined; bracts c. 7 mm long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate; ovary and pedicel 10-11 mm long; sepals all similar, spreading, linear-spathulate, slightly recurved at tips 12-15 x 1.5-2 mm; petals 8-11 x 2-3 mm, oblong to lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, lying over column; lip 10.5-13 x 5-6.5 mm, 3-lobed; mid-lobe 4-6 x 3-4.5 mm, elliptic or obovate elliptic, margin crenulated, callus of 3 ridges running from the base to the junction of the side lobes, turning to tubercular keels on the mid lobe; side lobes obliquely triangular; spur 4-5 mm long, cylindrical but slightly swollen at apex, slightly curved. |
| Notes: | Although listed By Grosvenor in Kirkia 6: 81 (1976). This is doubtful since the species is otherwise only known from western Zambia and is absent in all other literature referring to Zimbabwe. |
| Derivation of specific name: | macaulayae: named after Macaulay, collector of the type specimen. |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola east, Zambia. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N |
| Growth form(s): | Terrestrial. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Grosvenor, R.K. (1976). A list of orchids indigenous in Rhodesia. Excelsa 6 Page 81. La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1998). Orchidaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 11(2) Pages 528 - 529. As Eulophia macaulayae Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 120. Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 166 - 167. (Includes a picture). |
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