Eulophia Speciosa

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Eulophia speciosa is a species of terrestrial orchid found from Ethiopia to South Africa and in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The plants usually grow in grasslands in sandy soils or in clay.The fleshy, lanceolate leaves arise from underground corms/pseudobulbs. The leafless flowering shoot is about 0.4-0.8 m (up to 1.2m) tall, with up to 30 comparatively large flowers in an unbranched raceme. The flowers measure about 25-45 mm in diameter, and are yellow with red markings on the lip of the side lobes.