Eulophia macaulayi Summerh. 1927 Drawing by © Williamson

MID

Common Name Macaulay's Eulophia

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Angola and Zambia in miombo and Brachystegia woodlands on sandy solis and on rock outcrops at elevations of 1000 to 1500 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with pseudobulbous, partial above the ground, conical, several noded, close set perranating organs giving rise to 3 to 5, in a tuft, narrowly linear, acute, starting to develop at blooming leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, to 35 cm] long, laxly several flowered inflorescnece with linear-lanceolate, acuminate shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying spreading, nodding, sweetly scented, yellow to yellow green flowers with a more or less purple veined lip.

Synonyms

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

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