Source:
SSA
Synonym(s):
Eulophia R.Br. sect. Desciscentes Lindl.: 184 (1833).
Description:
Terrestrial herbs, with thick roots with prominent velamen. Leaves distichous, coriaceous, persistent. Inflorescences terminal, panicles or racemes; flowers resupinate or not, maroon, brown or green, lip often yellow or white; bracts small. Sepals subequal, free, subconnivent or spreading. Petals similar to sepals. Lip 3-lobed or entire, saccate or spurred at base; disc variously papillose or crested. Gynostemium: anther terminal, operculate, often 2-horned; pollinia 4, united in pairs; stigma in cavity below rostellum. Capsule ovoid or oblong, with thickened angles.
Distribution:
Species 7, Zululand (KwaZulu-Natal) to Western Cape.
Classification:
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