Eulophia trilamellata De Wild. 1919 Photo by © Williamson

MID

Common Name The Three Lamina Eulophia

Flower Size 3/4" [1.8 cm]

Found in Zaire, Angola, Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania in perrenially wetpeat bogs at elevations of 590 to 1350 meters as a medium to large sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with subterreanean, irregularily conical, flattened, chain forming tubers giving rise to 1 to 3, erect, linear, acuminate, ribbed, grass-like, present at flowering leaves that blooms in the mid spring through summer on an erect, secund, 12 to 36" [30 to 90 cm] long, laxly few to 13 flowered inflorescence almost enveloped completely by 4 to 6 scarious bracts and lanceolate, acuminate, much longer than the ovary floral bracts carrying pale pink to lilac to almost white flowers with purple pappilae on the lip.

Synonyms Eulophia ischna Summerh. 1957; Eulophia macra Schltr. 1903; Orthochilus trilamellatus (De Wild.) Bytebier 2014

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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