Eulophia walleri (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. 1895 SECTION Orthochilus Photos courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website

Common Name Waller's Eulophia [English Missionary in East Africa 1800's]

Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]

Found in Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Cape Verde and Namimbia in seasonally wet grasslands and in woodlands at elevations of 175 to 1600 meters as a large to giant sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial with subterranean irregularily cylindrical-conical, proximate in chains tuberous growths giving rise to 2 to 3, linear, acuminate, grass-like leaves that blooms spring and summer on an erect, densely 8 to 20 flwoered inflroescence with 6 to 7, acute, sheathing bracts and setose floral bracts and carrying subnutant flowers

Synonyms *Cyrtopera walleri Rchb.f. 1881; Eulophia angustiflora Kraenzl. 1909; Eulophia piscicelliana Buscal. & Muschl.1913; Orthochilus walleri (Rchb.f.) Bytebier 2014

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1881 as cyrtopera walleri; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977 drawing/photo fide; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 3 Cribb 1989 drawing good/photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 24 1457 - 1520 Brieger 1991 drawing ok; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 2 Pope 1998 photo fide; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999 photo fide; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002 photo fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 5 Epidendrodeae Part 2 Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2009

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