Eulophia herbacea Lindl.

in Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl. 182 (1833).

Synonymes

Eulophia albiflora Edgeworth in Lindley, Journ. Linn. Soc. 3. 24 (1859).

Eulophia brachypetala Lindl. in J. Linn. Soc. 3: 24 (1859).

Geodorum bicolor (Roxburgh) Voigt in Hort. Suburb. Calc. 628 (1845).

Graphorkis bicolor (Roxburgh) Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 2: 663 (1891).

Graphorkis herbacea (Lindl.) A.Lyons in Plant Names Scientific & Popular, Ed. 2, 215 , In Obs (1907).

Limodorum bicolor Roxburgh in Fl. Ind. 3: 469 (1832).

Eulophia vera Royle in Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 366 (1839).

Répartition

Birmanie, Chine, Inde, Laos, Népal, Thaïlande.

Chine : Guangxi, Yunnan.

Inde : Assam, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

Laos : Attapu, Champasak, Viangchan, Viangchan City.

Floraison : ___AMJJA____. Altitude de 400 à 2000 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 25 à 50 cm. 2 feuilles, lancéolées, linéaires. Bractées lancéolées. Fleurs de 6 à 10, blanches, violettes, à parfum . Sépale dorsal lancéolé, linéaire, de 16-28 × 4-5 mm. Sépales latéraux lancéolés, linéaires, de 16-28 × 4-5 mm. Pétales elliptiques, lancéolés, de 17-20 × 6-7 mm. Labelle oblong, ovale, de 14-20 × 7-10 mm.

Bibliographie

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Oleg Polunin & Adam Stainton. Flowers of the Himalaya. Tome 2. Oxford University Press. 1984. Page 61. Photo.

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