Eulophia graminea

 Eulophia graminea Lindl., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 7372 (1832).

Eulophia graminea
Eulophia graminea
Eulophia graminea
Eulophia graminea
Eulophia graminea Lindl., Photo by Kurt Keller

its native range is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Marianas (Guam).

Latinh Name: 

Eulophia graminea Lindl.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Eulophia decipiens Kurz

Eulophia gusukumae Masam.

Eulophia inconspicua Griff.

Eulophia ramosa Hayata

Eulophia sinensis Miq.

Eulophia ucbii Malhotra & Balodi

Eulophia venusta Schltr.

Graphorkis decipiens (Kurz) Kuntze

Graphorkis graminea (Lindl.) Kuntze

Graphorkis inconspicua (Griff.) Kuntze

Vietnamese name:

Luân lan cỏ; Luân lan hòa bản; Luân lan lá hẹp, Lan luân vàng chanh.

English Name:

The Grass-Leafed Eulophia, Chinese Crown Orchid

Japan name:

Okinawa-imone-yagara - Edauti-yagara.

Chinese name:

Mei Guan Lan - 美冠兰.

Thailand name:

Chang Phasom Khlong

Description: 

With large, underground pseudobulbs giving rise to leafy stems or as an inflorescence and carry 7 linear, acute, with the middle leaves being the largest that blooms in the spring on a basal, to 90 cm long, branching, glaucous, well spaced, many flowered inflorescence with narrowly ovate floral bracts and carrying long-lived successive flowers.

Distribution:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya.

Ecological:

Grassy places in open forests, open slopes, disturbed grasslands, forests along sandy beaches, coastal grasslands; 900-2100 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

3.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants grow in cool to warm conditions with moderate lighting. Pot in fine bark or sphagnum moss. Water regularly during the summer, about once every two days and gradually reduce as winter approaches winter. Plants can be infrequently in the winter to keep the pseudobulbs from shriveling, but with hold watering until new shoots appear.

Type:

Kurz, W.S. [26009], Nicobar Is. K000881650 Unknown type material

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