Eulophia ochreata Lindl. 1859
Photo by © Dinesh Valke and his Flickr Photo Site
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Common Name The Ochre Eulophia
Flower Size .4 to .6" [1 to 1.5 cm]
Found in India on slopes and rocky areas of dry-deciduous and moist-deciduous forests at elevations of 100 to 1000 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with conic-ovoid pseudobulbs giving rise to 2 to 5, basal, oblong-lanceolate to ovate, acute, plicate leaves that blooms with leaves present in the summer and early fall on an erect, peduncle 2 to 3 sheathed, 10 to 18" [25 to 45 cm] long, semi-dense, several to many flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Graphorkis ochreata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Bombay Santapu & Kapadia 1966 drawing fide; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1979; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 #4 1984 drawing fide; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing ok; Orchids of Odisha Misra 2014 drawing fide; Lankesteriana Vol 18 [1]: 23–62 Jalal & Jayanth 2018; Orchids of Maharashtra Jalal 2018 photo fide;
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