Eulophia graminea Lindl. 1833 SECTION Eulophia
Inflorescence base Photos courtesy of © Peter O'Byrne,Dr. E.F. de Vogel, Jaap Vermeulen, and André Schuiteman and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website
Common Name or Meaning The Grass-Leafed Eulophia - In Japan - Okinawa-imone-yagara - Edauti-yagara
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
Found in the Chinese Himalayas, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, Eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Western Himalayas, Laos, Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines in shady places in montane forests at elevations of sealevel to 1200 meters as a small to just large sized, hot growing terrestrial 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 and blooming in the spring on a basal, to 3' [90 cm] long, branching, glaucous, well spaced, many flowered inflorescnence with narrowly ovate floral bracts.
Synonyms Eulophia decipiens Kurz 1876; Eulophia gusukumai Masam. 1934; Eulophia inconspicua Griff. 1851; Eulophia ramosa Hayata 1911; Eulophia ucbii Malhotra & Balodi 1984 publ. 1985; Graphorchis decipiens (Kurz) Kuntze 1891; Graphorchis graminea (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Graphorchis inconspicua (Griff.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Orchids Holttum 1953; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing, photo fide; Orchids of Southern Ryukyu Islands Garay & Sweet 1974 drawing fide; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo ok; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Wood & Seidenfaden 1992 drawing fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Borneo Vol 1 Chan, Lamb, Shim & Wood 1994 drawing/photo fide; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; A to Z of SE Asian Orchids O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Orchids of Sarawak Beeman & Wood 2001 photo fide; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003;
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