Eulophia holubii Rolfe 1897 Drawing by © Williamson

LATE EARLY

Common Name Holub's Eulophia

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

Found in Zaire, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana in open sandy grass plains at elevations around 1000 to 1400 meters as a small sized, cool growing terrestrial with subterranean, ovoid pseudobulbs with cat's claw like projections giving rise to usually 3, just appearing at flowering, linear, acuminate, grass-like leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, to 12" [30 cm] long, with 4 sheaths, lax, 2 to 10 flowered inflorescence with longer than the ovary, lanceolate, acuminate floral bracts carrying showy, pale to deep pink, uniformly mauve or mauve lined and flushed with purple flowers with a darker lip withh white fimbriae.

Synonyms Orthochilus holubii (Rolfe) Bytebier 2014

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977 drawing fide; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 2 Pope 1998

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