Eulophia cucullata

Eulophia cucullata

Native to:
Angola | Benin | Burkina | Burundi | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Congo | Djibouti | DR Congo | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Ivory Coast | Kenya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mozambique | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | Senegal | Sierra Leone | South Africa | Sudan-South Sudan | Tanzania | Togo | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe

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Taxonomy

Division:
Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
Family:
Orchidaceae
Genus:
Eulophia
Species:
Eulophia cucullata

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:
Geophyte
Height:
60 cm
Drought Tolerance:
Low
Bloom Months:
jan,feb,oct,nov,dec
Bloom Colors:
purple, pink, white

Garden & Ecology Notes

Wildlife Value:
bees

Source: deepseek-v4-flash

Propagation & Germination

Notes:
Dust seeds require symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi or sterile asymbiotic agar medium for germination; conventional cold stratification is not applicable.

Source: deepseek-v4-flash