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Eulophia andamanensis
Synonym
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Cyrtopera andamanensis
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Family
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Orchidaceae
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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November to March,
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Distribution
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Andaman islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Sumatra
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Habitat
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Shady rainforests or in woodland
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Uses
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Ornamental
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Key
botanical characters:
Andaman Eulophia is a deciduous,
terrestrial orchid, with a clumping growth form. Flowers are borne in racemes
which originate from the base of the pseudobulbs. The racemes can grow up to
40 cm long. Flowers have green sepals and petals and are about 3 cm across.
Flower lip is white with a green margin and green or brown veins. The lip
margin is wavy. Flowers are formed during the dry season. The pseudobulbs
carry 6, grass-like, pointed, keeled leaves with the lower ones smaller than
the upper. The pseudobulbs are stout and elliptical in shape, the leaves drop
off at the start of the dry season.
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