Eulophia dahliana
Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 1 (1897) 243
Type: Dahl 77 (holo B, lost)
Synonyms:
- Graphorchis dahliana (Kraenzl.) Kuntze, Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 21 (1903) 173
- Type: Dahl 77 (holo B, lost) - Eulophia imperatifolia Schltr. in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 148
- Type: Schlechter 13799 (B, lost); 14301 (B, lost; iso BO, BRI) - Eulophia imperatifolia Schltr. var. viridis J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 8, 3 (1911) 529, t. 78A
- Type: Römer, von 530
Plant slender, leaves two, grass-like, to 30 cm long, hardly 1 cm wide, acuminate. Inflorescence as long as the leaves, with 3-4 distant scales, few-flowered. Floral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, a little shorter than the pedicellate ovary. Sepals lanceolate, 1 cm long, acute. Petals as long as the sepals and equally wide, linear, apex obtuse. Lip 3-lobed; lateral lobes broadly linear, in front obliquely retuse (in outline subrhombic), with the front margin denticulate; mid-lobe rounded, cochleate, with erose, denticulate margins, at the apex almost bilobulate, inside with long, single, erect, tooth-like papillae those along the veins towards the base longer; spur as long as the lip-blade, slightly curved, shortly cylindrical, obtuse, pointed. Column as long as the median sepal.
(After Kraenzlin, 1897).
Flowers rose-red.
Terrestrial in lowland grassland. Altitude 0-150 m.
Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).
Papua (Indonesia); Papua New Guinea. See map
Warm growing terrestrial, keep in light position.
February, March, October, December.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Cymbidieae
- Subtribe Eulophiinae
- Genus Eulophia
- Species Eulophia dahliana
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 416
- Schlechter, R., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 144, fig. 544
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Eulophia dahliana
Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl., inflorescence, photo N.E.G. Cruttwell, based on Cruttwell (4/90, PNG, Milne Bay, Prov., Waterrais)
Eulophia dahliana
Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl., inflorescence, photo N.E.G. Cruttwell, based on Cruttwell (4/90, PNG, Milne Bay, Prov., Waterrais)
Eulophia dahliana
Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl., drawing N.H.S. Howcroft 584, from Mumeng, old airstrip
Eulophia dahliana
Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl., as Eulophia imperatifolia Schltr. var. viridis J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, from von Römer 530
Eulophia dahliana
Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl., as Eulophia imperatifolia Schltr. var. viridis J.J.Sm., drawing J.J. Smith, from von Römer 530
Eulophia dahliana
Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl., from Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 144, fig. 544
Eulophia dahliana
Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl., as Eulophia imperatifolia Schltr., herbarium sheet, type specimen BRI