Eulophia pulchra (Thouars) Lindl. 1833
Photos by © Lourens Grobler
Photo by © Art Vogel
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Common Name The Beautiful Eulophia - In China Mei Hua Mei Guan Lan
Flower Size to about 1" [about 2.5 cm]
Found from Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Mauritius, Reunion, Madagasacar, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Moluccas, Sulawesi, the Philippines, Queensland Australia, Nuie, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Caroline Islands and the Marianas in semi-deciduous and deciduous, dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands and in riverine and submontane forests at elevations of sea level to 1400 meters as a small sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial with cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 4, long-petiolate, lanceolate, acute, pleated leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, slender, to 2 1/2' [75 cm] long, lax many flowered, racemose inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with long-lasting, not wide opening flowers.
Synonyms Eulophia ambaxiana J.J. Sm. 1909; Eulophia coccifera Frapp. ex Cordem. 1895; Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl. 1895; Eulophia emarginata Blume 1858; Eulophia guamensis Ames 1914; Eulophia macrostachya Lindl. 1833; Eulophia novo-ebudae Kraenzl. 1929; Eulophia papuana F.M. Bailey 1907; Eulophia pelorica D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2004; Eulophia pulchra var. actinomorpha W.M.Lin, Kuo Huang & T.P.Lin 2006; Eulophia rouxii Kraenzl. 1914; Eulophia silvatica Schltr. 1915; Eulophia striata Rolfe 1891; Eulophidium pulchrum (Thouars) Summerh. 1957; Eulophidium silvaticum (Schltr.) Summerh. 1957; Graphorchis bisdahliana Kuntze 1903; Graphorchis blumeana Kuntze 1891; Graphorchis calographis Thouars 1894; Graphorchis macrostachya (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Graphorchis pulchra (Thouars) Kuntze 1891; *Limodorum pulchrum Thouars 1822; Lissochilus pulcher (Thouars) H. Perrier 1941; Oeceoclades pulchra (Thouars) M.A. Clem. & P.J. Cribb 1989
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 as Limodorum pulchrum drawing fide; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1857 as E macrostachya; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as E sanguinea drawing hmm; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905 as E macrostachys; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 as E macrostachys drawing fide; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908 as E macrostachyaOrchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912 as E emarginata drawing fide; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912 as E dahliana drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as E macrostachya; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as E sanguinea; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/1981 as Lissochilus pulcher; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957 as E macrostachya; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as E macrostachya; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as E sanguinea; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as E sandersoni; Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependences Vol 8 Orchidaceae Halle 1977 drawing fide; Indian Orchids Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1979 as E macrostachya drawing fide; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981 as E macrostachya; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 2 Quisumbing 1981 as E macrostachya drawing fide; A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon Vol 2 Dassanayake & Fosberg 1981 as E macrostachya drawing fide; A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon Vol 2 Dassanayake & Fosberg 1981 as E sanguinea drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 4 1984 as E sanguinea; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 #4 1984 as E macrostachya; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984 as Eulophia macrostachya; An Introduction to the Angraecoid Orchids of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986 as E striata drawing/photo fide; Orchids of Nilgiris Joseph 1987 drawing fide;Orchids of Vanuatu Lewis & Cribb 1989; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 3 Cribb 1989 as Oeceoclades pulchra; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 as E macrostachya; The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991 as Oeceoclades pulchra; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 24 1457 - 1520 Brieger 1991 as E novo-ebudae; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 24 1457 - 1520 Brieger 1991 as E macrostachya; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 24 1457 - 1520 Brieger 1991 as Oeceoclades pulchra drawing fide; Ferns and Orchids of the Mariana Islands Raulerson & Rinehart 1992 photo fide; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Beaman, Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993 as Oeceoclades pulchra photo fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 as Oeceoclades pulchra; Lowland Orchids of Papua New Guinea O'Byrne 1994 as Oeceoclades pulchra drawing fide; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994 as E macrostachya; African Orchids in the Wild and in Cultivation La Croix 1997; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 2 Pope 1998; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 as Oeceoclades pulchra photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol III Shuiteman and de Vogel 2006; Native Australian Orchids Jones as Eulophia pelorica photo good; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007 photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009 photo fide as Oeceoclades pulchra; Terrestrial African Orchids, A select Review John S. Ball 2009 drawing fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as E pulchra var acinomorpha ; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 as E pulchra var acinomorpha drawing ? ; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 as Oeceoclades pulchra drawing/photo fide; The Wild Orchids of Taiwan An Illustrated Guide Lin & Wang 2014 photos fide; The Wild Orchids of Taiwan An Illustrated Guide Lin & Wang 2014 as E pulchra var actinomorpha photos fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 as Oceoclades pulchra\photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 as Oeceoclades pulchra photo fide
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