Eulophia boinensis (Schltr.) M.W.Chase & Schuit., in Phytotaxa 491: 51 (2021)
Homotypic Synonyms

Eulophidium boinense Schltr. in Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 1: 182 (1913)
Lissochilus boinensis (Schltr.) H.Perrier in Fl. Madagasc. 49(2): 26 (1941)
Oeceoclades boinensis (Schltr.) Garay & P.Taylor in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 24: 260 (1976)
Description:
Plants generally 40 cm tall, roots verrucose, pseudobulbs ovoid (2.5-3 x 1-1.7 cm), slightly compressed with a single leaf. Leaf very shortly, petiolate, auriculate very near the base, elliptical (10-12 x 5 cm generally), widest medially, and equally attenuate toward both ends, thick, coriaceous and flat. Inflorescence from the base of the previously developed pseudobulb, peduncle clad with several, distant sheaths; raceme 6-10 flowered; bracts lanceolate, nearly equal to the length of the pedicel; flowers 16-26 mm long, yellow with the labellum striped and tinted with dark red. Median sepal and petals narrowly oval-obtuse, the median sepal thick; lateral sepals slightly shorter and sickle shaped. Labellum nearly orbicular (contour), trilobed in the apical third, the lateral lobes marginal and obtuse, the median obreniform, emarginate and apiculate medially; provided basally in front of the spur oriface with 2 lamellas, curved and crossing; spur thick and obtuse apically, slightly attenuate toward the oriface which is 2.5-3 mm wide. Column curved apically. Pedicel 8 mm long.
Habitat:
Terrestrial, from humid forest, from 100 m alt.
Phenology:
Flowering in January-March.
Distribution:
NW. Madagascar
References:
Flora of Madagascar: vascular plants: 49th family, Orchids / by H. Perrier de La Bathie; published under the auspices of the government of Madagascar and under the direction of H. Humbert; English revision and translation by Steven D. Beckman; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, DuPuy, Cribb & Bosser 2007; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009; Expansion of the orchid genus Eulophia (Eulophiinae; Epidendroideae) to include Acrolophia, Cymbidiella, Eulophiella, Geodorum, Oeceoclades and Paralophia by Mark W. Chase, André Schuiteman & Pankaj Kumar. Phytotaxa 491 (1): POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ Retrieved 24 November 2022."
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Photograph© Lourens
Grobler. Image used
with kind permission.