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Eulophia Orchid

Eulophia horsfallii

Description:

terrestrial orchid, inflorescence about 5' tall

Habitat:

mountainous rainforest

Notes:

I spotted this while hiking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. I know it's an orchid but not sure of the genus. I think it's Eulophia.

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Eulophia horsfallii SOF » Eulophia horsfallii


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7 Comments

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Hermosa orquidea por favor agregala ala mission Orchids of the World
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9525...

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

Great spot! Definitely Eulophia and looks very much like one of the paler forms of E.horsfallii.

I heard that they are mimicking wasps and bees (mainly the thorax UV-coloring)

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

interesting....

Habe dieEhre
Habe dieEhre 12 years ago

like a kind of butterlfly or a mantis from the front ;)

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

what animal are you thinking?

Habe dieEhre
Habe dieEhre 12 years ago

looks beautiful, but also a little bit terrible, like an animal

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Rukungiri, Uganda

Spotted on Feb 3, 2009
Submitted on Jul 3, 2011

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