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Orchid Species: Lissochilus schweinfurthii

Kew currently accepted name is Eulophia latilabris

Lissochilus schweinfurthii is an orchid species identified by Rchb.f. in 1878. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Eulophia latilabris.
Genus
Lissochilus (Liss.)
Grex
schweinfurthii
Parents
Species
Author
Rchb.f.
Year
1878
ORIGIN: Found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbawe and Botswana in swampy grasslands, in tall grasses at swamp and dambo margins, and beside rivers in swampy areas at elevations of 1000 to 1600 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Large to giant sized, cool growing terrestrial with subterranean, obliquely conical tuberous growths giving rise to 2 to 5, lanceolate, acuminate, petiolate base leaves that are not fully developed at blooming in the later spring and early summer on an erect, to 48 [120 cm] long, stout, densely several to many flowered inflorescence with 4 to 5 loose bracts and has elliptic, acute, in opposite pairs each enclosing 1 to 2 sub-nutant flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 2 inches [5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Eulophia Euph latilabris 1936 Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel
Add+ Eulophia Euph busseana 1975 (Kraenzl.) Butzin
Add+ Eulophia Euph gilletiana 1975 Butzin
Add+ Eulophia Euph lomamiensis 1975 Butzin
Add+ Eulophia Euph longilobata 1975 Butzin
Add+ Eulophia Euph pentalamellata 1975 Butzin
Add+ Lissochilus Liss busseanus 1902 Kraenzl.
Add+ Lissochilus Liss leopoldii 1899 Kraenzl.
Add+ Lissochilus Liss nyassae 1897 Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)
Add+ Lissochilus Liss subintegris 1919 De Wild.
Add+ Lissochilus Liss thomsonii 1897 Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)
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