Eulophia monticola Rolfe

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Eulophia monticola

Photo: Petal Wimbush
South Western slopes of the Zomba Plateau

Eulophia monticola

Photo: Petal Wimbush
South Western slopes of the Zomba Plateau

Eulophia monticola

Photo: Petal Wimbush
South Western slopes of the Zomba Plateau

Eulophia monticola

Photo: Petal Wimbush
South Western slopes of the Zomba Plateau

Eulophia monticola

Photo: Petal Wimbush
South Western slopes of the Zomba Plateau

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Synonyms: Eulophia inyangensis Summerh.
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Terrestrial herb up to 40 cm tall. Leaves 3–7, forming a fan, linear, 17–26 cm long, grass-like, well developed at flowering time. Inflorescence laxly 6–10-flowered; bracts 8–18 mm long, lanceolate. Sepals green, mottled olive-brown, oblanceolate to elliptic-oblong, 13–17 mm long, dorsal sepal erect, laterals spreading. Petals bright yellow, lying over column, ovate-elliptic, 10–13 mm long. Lip bright yellow, 11.5–15 mm long, 3-lobed, with 3–7 undulate lamellae running the entire length of the lip; side lobes triangular; spur cylindrical, 3–7 mm long, bent down at about halfway, slightly swollen, bifid and often reddish at the apex.
Notes: Malawi specimens tend to have slightly larger flowers than those from Zimbabwe, but otherwise it did not seem possible to separate E. inyangensis from E. monticola on the basis of the few specimens available.
Derivation of specific name: monticola: mountain loving.
Habitat: Montane grassland and woodland
Altitude range: (metres) 1100 - 2140 m
Flowering time:Oct - Dec
Worldwide distribution: Southern Malawi, and Nyanga Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution: E
Growth form(s): Terrestrial.
Endemic status:
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Images last updated: Friday 12 January 2018
Literature:

Ball, J.S. (2009). Terrestrial African Orchids, A Selected Review. Pages 138 - 139. (Includes a picture).

Fibeck, W. & Dare, M. (1993). Terrestrial Orchids in Zimbabwe. Excelsa 16 Page 59. as Eulophia inyangensis

Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 181. As Eulophia inyangensis

Grosvenor, R.K. (1976). A list of orchids indigenous in Rhodesia. Excelsa 6 Page 81. As Eulophia inyangensis

La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1998). Orchidaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 11(2) Page 472.

La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 310. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 95.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 120.

Strugnell, A.M. (2002). Endemics of Mt. Mulanje. The endemic spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi Systematics and Geography of Plants 72 Page 22.

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 135.


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Eulophia monticola
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Eulophia monticola
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Eulophia monticola.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=119380, retrieved 29 March 2024

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