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Orchid Species: Graphorkis caffra

Kew currently accepted name is Eulophia petersii

Graphorkis caffra is an orchid species identified by (Rchb.f.) Kuntze in 1891. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Eulophia petersii.
Genus
Graphorkis (Grks.)
Grex
caffra
Parents
Species
Author
(Rchb.f.) Kuntze
Year
1891
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ORIGIN: Found in Burundi, Zaire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Natal, Transvaal, Oman, Saudia Arabia and Yemen as a robust medium to giant sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial in sandy soil and on rock outcroppings under bushes among thickets in hot dry areas at 500 to 1800 meters in elevation.

DESCRIPTION: Found in Burundi, Zaire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Natal, Transvaal, Oman, Saudia Arabia and Yemen as a robust medium to giant sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial in sandy soil and on rock outcroppings under bushes among thickets in hot dry areas at 500 to 1800 meters in elevation with ovoid to cylindrical, ribbed, greenish yellow pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, stiffly succulent, linear-elliptic, gray green leaves with a finely serrated edge which blooms in the late spring, summer and fall on an erect, often branched, laxly 30 to 200 flowered inflorescence with fleshy, musky scented flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 1 1/4 inch [3.1 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Eulophia Euph petersii 1865 (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
Add+ Eulophia Euph baginsensis 1878 Rchb.f.
Add+ Eulophia Euph caffra 1865 Rchb.f.
Add+ Eulophia Euph circinnata 1910 Rolfe
Add+ Eulophia Euph coleae 1897 Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)
Add+ Eulophia Euph gumbariensis 1919 De Wild.
Add+ Eulophia Euph longipedunculata 1895 Rendle
Add+ Eulophia Euph phillipsiae 1897 Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)
Add+ Eulophia Euph schimperiana 1850 A.Rich.
Add+ Eulophia Euph smithii 1897 Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)
Add+ Graphorkis Grks baginsensis 1891 (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
Add+ Galeandra Gal petersii 1847 Rchb.f.
Add+ Epidendrum Epi schimperi 1850 Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Add+ Graphorkis Grks petersii 1891 (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Euph. petersii 'Kathy Nguyen' (2 awards in 2016) Euph. petersii 'Plantasia' (2 awards in 2004) Euph. petersii 'Matthews's Baxter' (2018) Euph. petersii 'Capt. Peters' (2016) Euph. petersii 'California' (2015) Euph. petersii 'Yi' (2011) Euph. petersii 'Desert Flower' (2005) Euph. petersii 'Jamboree' (1996) Euph. petersii 'Wilson' (1958)
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