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Eurychone rothschildiana

Eurychone rothschildiana

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
SubTribe: Angraecinae
Genus: Eurychone
Species: Echn. rothschildiana
Alliance:
Binomial name
Eurychone rothschildiana
(O'Brien) Schltr. 1918


Eurychone rothschildiana is an Eurychone species.

Description[]

Plant blooms in the fall with one to seven 6 cm wide flowers. Flowers are fragrant.

Distribution[]

Plant is found growing in the evergreen forest of Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Gabon, Zaire and Uganda at elevations of 1100 to 1200 meters

Culture[]

Grow in intermediate to warm temperatures. Pot in medium fir bark and keep in partial shade. Water about once a week. Keep plant fairly moist but not wet.

Naming[]

Common Names: Rothschild's Eurychone

Synonyms[]

  1. Angraecum rothschildianum O'Brien 1903
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