Eulophiella roempleriana (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1915
Photo by Sylvain Burgaud
Photo by George H Pring
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Common Name or Meaning Roempler's Eulophiella [French Orchid Enthusiast around 1900]
Flower Size 3.2 to 4" [8 to 10 cm]
Found in northeastern Madagascar in coastal forests at elevations up to 1200 meters as a large to giant sized, hot to cool growing epiphtye with ovoid-fusiform pseudobulbs carrying 4 to 8, lanceolate, plicate, attenuate towards both ends, acute, petiolate basally leaves that blooms in the later spring and early summer on a basal, 4' [1.2 m] long, erect, 15 to 25 flowered, racemose inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb and carrying waxy, long-lating, fragrant flowers
Synonyms Eulophiella hamelinii Baill. ex Rolfe 1900; Eulophiella peetersiana Kraenzl. 1897; *Grammatophyllum roemplerianum Rchb.f. 1877
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Eulophiella petersiana; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Eulophiella petersiana drawing fide; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/1981; AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 5 1957 as E petersiana drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 5 1958 as E petersiana drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 6 1959 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 30 No 10 1961; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchid Digest Vol 36 No 4 1972 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 36 No 4 1972 as E peetersiana photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 50 No 10 1981 as E peetersiana photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 # 2 1963 as Eulophiella peetersiana photo fide back cover ad; An Introduction to the Angraecoid Orchids of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986 drawing/photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 24 1457 - 1520 Brieger 1991 drawing drawing/photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 2 1996 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 61 #2 1997 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 2 1998 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 8 2008; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 #7 2008 photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;
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