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Eulophia kirkii is an orchid species identified by Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.) in 1897. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Eulophia stachyodes.
ORIGIN: Found in Chad, Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe in dambos and open grasslands and the margins of riverine forests at elevations of 660 to 1300 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium to large sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with subterranean, ellipsoid to cylindric, tuberous growths giving rise to 4 to 5, suberect, the basal 1 to 2 being bract-like, the upper ones lanceolate to oblanceolate, acuminate, plicate, long petiolate base leaves that are fully developed at blooming occurring in the late spring and early summer on an erect, rather densely many flowered inflorescence.
FLOWER SIZE: 1.8 inches [4.5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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