Oeceoclades spathulifera (H.Perrier) Garay & P.Taylor 1976
Photo by Olaf Pronk and Laurette E.U.R.L. orchids of Madagascar
Photo courtesy of Danny Lentz Copyright ©
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Common Name The Shining Spots Oeceoclades
Flower Size 2 1/2" [6.25 cm]
Found in northwestern Madagascar in sandy forests and on coastal dunes at elevations of 30 to 900 meters in montane woodlands as a medium sized, warm growing terrestrial with subterranean, flattened, ovoid pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, elliptic-linear, green with darker green-blackish spotted leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, basal, simple, several flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms *Eulophia spathulifera H.Perrier 1935; Eulophidium spathuliferum (H.Perrier) Summerh.1957; Lissochilus spathulifer (H.Perrier) H.Perrier 1941
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Lissochilus spathulifer drawing good; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 24 1457 - 1520 Brieger 1991 plant photo hmm/flower photo good; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 11 2005 photo fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007 photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide leaf only; AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #11 2010 leaf only photo fide; Of Men and Orchids Part 1 Jenny 2015 photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 81 #3 2017 photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;
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