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Graphorkis lurida
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Natural habitat is riverine forest and woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Aug 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Natural habitat is riverine forest and woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Aug 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Natural habitat is riverine forest and woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Aug 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Natural habitat is riverine forest and woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Aug 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Natural habitat is riverine forest and woodland
Cultivated at Dabuyu Farms
Aug 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Eulophia Lurida (Sw.) Lindl. Eulophiopsis lurida (Sw.) Schltr. Graphorchis lurida (Sw.) Kuntze Limodorum luridum Sw. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Epiphytic herb growing from ribbed, concial-ovoid to cylindrical-fusiform pseudobulbs 3-9 x 1-3 cm, 3-5 noded, yellowish-green; roots c. 2 mm in diameter; leaves 20-40 x 1.5-4 cm, narrowly elliptic, plicate, deciduous with a persistent sheathing base; inflorescence erect, arising from base of pseudobulb when plant is leafless, paniculate with spreading branches; pedicel and ovary up to 12 mm long; bracts 1-3 mm long; flowers yellowish flushed with brownish-purple, lip mid-lobe deep yellow; sepals 5-7 x 1.5-2 mm, oblanceolate; petals 4-6 x 2.5-3 mm, elliptic; lip 4-6 x 3-3.5 mm, 3-lobed, side lobes erect, oblong and rounded, mid-lobe c. 2 x 3 mm, bifid or retuse; spur 4-6 mm long, bent forward and obtuse or bifid at the apex. |
| Type location: |
Sierra Leone |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | lurida: dirty brown, smoky or drab yellow, referring to the colour of the flowers. |
| Habitat: | Riverine forest and woodland, often in forks of trees |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1300 m |
| Flowering time: | Jul - Aug |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Senegal east to Cameroon south to Zambia. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Lp,N |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 5 September 2019 |
| Literature: |
La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1998). Orchidaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 11(2) Pages 547 - 548. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 121. Summerhayes, V.S. (1953). African orchids XXI Kew Bulletin 8(1) Page 161. Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 150 - 152. (Includes a picture). |
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