Eurychone

(pronounced: yew-ree-KOH-nee)

Classification

Vandeae subtribe Aerangidinae

Overview

Monopodial epiphytes. Stems short. Leaves alternate, distichous, obliquely bilobed at the apex. Inflorescences axillary, pendent racemes. Flowers translucent. Sepals and petals free, spreading, subsimilar, subequal. Lip unlobed, broadly funnel-shaped (cornucopia), with a short club-shaped spur. Column short, stout, the rostellum elongate, strap-shaped; pollinia 2, attached to a common linear stipe and visicidium.

Etymology

From the Greek eurys, meaning broad, and chone, meaning funnel, in reference to the characteristic lip shape.

Distribution

A genus of two species from tropical Africa.

Care and Culture Card

See basic growing conditions and care information below.


Literature

Herndon, C. N. 1997. Eurychones of Africa. Orchids 66(5):490-493.

Piers, F. 1958. Orchids of Africa: Eurychone rothschildiana Schltr. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 27(11):755-756.
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