Eulophia buettneri (Kraenzl.) Summerh. 1936

Photo by Fredric Melki

EARLY

Common Name Buettner's Eulophia [German Physician and botanist around 1750]

Flower Size 1.5" [3.75 cm]

Found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon in swamps as a hot growing terrestrial with a thick, tuber-like rhizome giving rise to an erect stem carrying 3 to 4, arising after flowering, plicate, lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the winter and early spring on an erect, 24 to 28" [60 to 70 cm] long, taowards the apex, simultaneously 6 to 12 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute floral bracts and carrying fragrant flowers

Synonyms Eulophia ecarinata Butzin 1975; *Lissochilus buettneri Kraenzl. 1893; Lissochilus ledermannii Kraenzl. 1912

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 # 10 1963; Les Orchidees de Cote d'Ivorie Perez-Vera 2003 photo/drawing fide;

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