Eulophia alta

(Linnaeus) Fawcett & Rendle

Fl. Jamaica 1: 112. 1910.

Common names: Wild coco
Illustrated
Basionym: Limodorum altum Linnaeus Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 594. 1767
Synonyms: Cyrtopera longifolia (Kunth) Reichenbach f. Cyrtopera woodfordii (Sims) Lindley Cyrtopodium woodfordii Sims Dendrobium longifolium Kunth Eulophia woodfordii (Sims) Rolfe Platypus altus (Linnaeus) Small Platypus papilliferus Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 640.

Plants 70–170 cm. Leaves linear-elliptic to narrowly ovate, 20–120 × 3–11 cm, apex acuminate. Inflorescences erect, to 1 m; bracts narrowly ovate to filiform, 1–3 cm. Flowers many, 1.5–2.5 cm wide; sepals light green, very narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, apex acuminate to apiculate; lateral sepals slightly oblique, adnate to column foot; petals spreading, green or green with pink overflush, 13 × 7 mm, broader than sepals; lip red-maroon, concave, saccate, 11–17 × 18–28 mm, slightly to conspicuously 3-lobed, middle lobe apically obtuse, margins undulate, lateral lobes partially enclosing column; disc with erect lamellae; column 7–10 mm. Capsules ellipsoid, to 6 cm.


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Moist sand and rich soils, in shaded to sunny habitats, swamps, pastures, and roadside ditches
Elevation: 10–200[–2000] m

Distribution

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Fla., Ga., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, tropical Africa.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Eulophia alta"
Gustavo A. Romero-González +
(Linnaeus) Fawcett & Rendle +
Limodorum altum +
Wild coco +
Fla. +, Ga. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +, South America +  and tropical Africa. +
10–200[–2000] m +
Moist sand and rich soils, in shaded to sunny habitats, swamps, pastures, and roadside ditches +
Flowering summer–fall. +
Fl. Jamaica +
Illustrated +
Cyrtopera longifolia +, Cyrtopera woodfordii +, Cyrtopodium woodfordii +, Dendrobium longifolium +, Eulophia woodfordii +, Platypus altus +  and Platypus papilliferus +
Eulophia alta +
Eulophia +
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