Eulophia roseovariegata (Senghas) M.W.Chase & Schuit., Phytotaxa 491: 53 (2021).
Homotypic Names:
Eulophidium roseovariegatum Senghas, Adansonia, n.s., 6: 561 (1966).
Oeceoclades roseovariegata (Senghas) Garay & P.Taylor, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 24: 270 (1976).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Eulophia gracillima Schltr., Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 1: 170 (1913), nom. illeg.
Eulophidium gracillimum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 255 (1925).
Lissochilus gracillimus (Schltr.) H.Perrier, Fl. Madagasc. 49(2): 28 (1941).
Oeceoclades gracillima (Schltr.) Garay & P.Taylor, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 24: 262 (1976).
Description:
A terrestrial plant with clustered growths about 2.6 in. (6.5 cm) tall.
Pseudobulb/stem:
1.0 in. (2.5 cm) long by 1.0 in. (2.5 cm) in diameter. The clustered, egg-shaped pseudobulbs are brownish violet.
Leaves:
1.6 in. (4 cm) long by 1.4 in. (3.5 cm) wide. Two egg-shaped or elliptic-ovate leaves are carried at the apex of the pseudobulb. They taper to sharply pointed tips, have undulate margins, and are dark purplish black, mottled with pale rose.
Inflorescence:
Up to 22 in. (55 cm) long. The erect flower spike emerges from the base of the pseudobulb. Flowers are carried in a laxly flowered raceme or sparsely branched panicle, each blossom with a triangular floral bract that is sharply pointed and 0.08-0.3 in. (0.2-0.8 cm) long.
Flowers:
Many small blossoms per inflorescence. The sepals and petals are dull green, flushed with purple on the outer surface, and the lip is white but densely spotted with red. The column is yellowish green, and the anther is ivory-white. The sepals are oblanceolate, bluntly pointed, and 0.2 in. (0.5-0.6 cm) long by 0.08 in. (0.2 cm) wide. The lateral sepals asre somewhat sickle-shaped. Petals are somewhat oblong-oblanceolate, bluntly pointed, and 0.2 in. (0.4-0.4 cm) long by 0.1 in. (0.3 cm) wide. The 3-lobed lip is 0.1-0.2 in. (0.35-0.4 cm) long by 0.3 in. (0.7-0.8 cm) wide. The oblong side lobes are erect with truncate tips. The somewhat 4-sided midlobe is strongly recurved and has a shallow notch in apical margin. The callus is 4-sided and grooved, and the spur is cylindrical, pendent, and 0.2 in. (0.5 cm) long.
Habitat:
This terrestrial orchid grows in mossy cracks in calcareous rocky terrain and semideciduous forest near Antseranana (formerly Diego-Suarez). Habitat elevation was not reported, so the following climate table and cultural suggestions are based on an estimated elevation and should be used rather cautiously until the actual habitat elevation is known.
Cultivation:
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Distribution:
N. & W. Madagascar
References:
Bechtel, H., P. Cribb, and E. Launert. 1980. Manual of cultivated orchid species. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. Du Puy, D., P. Cribb, J. Bosser, J. and C. Hermans. 1999. The Orchids of Madagascar. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, England. Kew Data Base. 2019; 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 26 November 2022."
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Photograph Karl Senghas© Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz Image used with kind permission.	Photograph Karl Senghas© Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz Image used with kind permission.