Eulophia pyrophila
Eulophia pyrophila
- Native to:
- Angola | Congo | DR Congo | Ethiopia | Ghana | Ivory Coast | Kenya | Malawi | Nigeria | South Sudan | Sudan-South Sudan | Tanzania | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Orchidaceae
- Genus:
- Eulophia
- Species:
- Eulophia pyrophila
Growth Characteristics
- Growth Habit:
- Geophyte
- Height:
- 60 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- Low
- Bloom Colors:
- yellow, brown
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Fire Ecology:
- Requires fire for germination
- Fire Notes:
- This species is a fire-dependent geophyte, flowering profusely after grassland fires.
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Propagation & Germination
- Notes:
- Dust seeds require symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi or sterile asymbiotic agar medium for germination; conventional cold stratification is not applicable.
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