Common name
English: Spectacular Eulophia
Mandarin: 紫花美冠兰 (zi hua mei guan lan)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Orchidales (27)
Family: Orchidaceae (27)(family description)
Genus: Eulophia (3)
Epithet: spectabilis (Dennst.) C.R. Suresh (3)
Synonyms: Cyrtopera bicolor (Ridl.) Ridl., Cyrtopera fusca Wight, Cyrtopera gardneri Thwaites, Cyrtopera godefroyi Rchb.f., Cyrtopera laxiflora Gardner ex Thwaites, Cyrtopera mysorensis Lindl., Cyrtopera nuda (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Cyrtopera plicata Lindl., Cyrtopera regnieri Rchb.f., Cyrtopera squalida (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Cyrtopodium bicolor Ridl., Cyrtopodium squalidum (Lindl.) Vidal, Eulophia bicolor Dalzell, Eulophia burkei Rolfe ex Downie, Eulophia celebica Blume, Eulophia elata Hook.f., Eulophia elongata Blume, Eulophia fusca (Wight) Blume, Eulophia hildebrandii Schltr., Eulophia holochila Collett & Hemsl., Eulophia lutea Blume, Eulophia macgregorii Ames, Eulophia mucronata Blume, Eulophia nuda Lindl., Eulophia regnieri (Rchb.f.) Guillaumin, Eulophia squalida Lindl., Eulophia sumatrana Blume, Geodorum pierrei Gagnep., Graphorkis elata (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Graphorkis holochila (Collett & Hemsl.) Kuntze, Graphorkis nuda (Lindl.) Kuntze, Graphorkis squalida (Lindl.) Kuntze, Graphorkis sumatrana (Blume) Kuntze, Phaius steppicolus Hand.-Mazz., Semiphajus chevalieri Gagnep., Wolfia spectabilis Dennst.
bicolor => two colored
chevalieri => in honor of Auguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier (1873-1956), French botanist, taxonomist and explorer
elata => exalted, tall, lofty, stately
elongata => elongated, lengthened, drawn out, extended
fusca => dark, dusky, brown
laxiflora => loose flowered
lutea => distinct yellow, a full yellow
macgregorii => in honor of William McGregor (1846-1919), Scottish physician and British colonial administrator
mucronata => terminating, an organ with a straight, stiff and sharp point
nuda => naked, bare
pierrei => in honor of Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (1833-1905), French botanist known for his Asian studies
plicata => folded, pleated
spectabilis => showy, superior, spectaclular
sumatrana => from Sumatra, Indonesia
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: brown, red, white