Orthochilus nuttii (Rolfe ) Bytebier

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Habit
Lightly wooded seepage dambo grassland
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr.
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Lightly wooded seepage dambo grassland
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr.
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Tuber
Lightly wooded seepage dambo grassland
Saise Valley, Kalambo Farm, Mbala Distr.
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms:	Eulophia nuttii Rolfe
Common names:
Frequency:	Rare
Status:	Native
Description:	Terrestrial herb 17-45 cm tall from subterranean conical tubers c. 1 x 1-1.2 cm; leaves 3, erect, 20-45 cm x 1-3 mm, linear and grass-like, acute, present at flowering and longer than the inflorescence; inflorescence densely several to many-flowered, scape covered by brown papery acuminate sheaths; pedicel and ovary 8-10 mm long; bracts 8-38 mm long, linear and acuminate; flowers lemon or canary yellow, the lip deeper in colour and sometimes with an orange tip; sepals and petals elliptic-oblong, acuminate; dorsal sepal 18 x 5 mm, lateral sepals 20-22 x 7-8 mm; petals 12 x 4 mm, shorter than sepals; lip 8-12 x 5.5-8 mm, 3-lobed; side lobes rounded in front and almost as long as mid-lobe; mid-lobe obtuse, ovate-elliptic, with a callus of 2 basal ridges and shortly papillate on the apex at the base of the mid-lobe; spur 3-3.5 mm long, cylindrical, slightly incurved.
Type location:	Zambia
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	nuttii: after M.W.H. Nutt who collected the type specimen
Habitat:	Seasonally wet grassland in damp peaty soil
Altitude range:	1500 - 1600 m
Flowering time:	Feb - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Zambia and Tanzania
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	N
Growth form(s):	Terrestrial.
Endemic status:
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Content last updated:	Thursday 2 June 2022
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 343 - 346. (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1998). Orchidaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 11(2) Page 511. Martos, F., Johnson, S.D., Peter, C.I & Bytebier, B. (2014). A molecular phylogeny reveals paraphyly of the large genus Eulophia (Orchidaceae): A case for the reinstatement of Orthochilus Taxon 63(1) Page 19. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 120. As Eulophia nuttii Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 156 - 157. As Eulophia nuttii (Includes a picture).

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