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Green corduroy orchid

Eulophia bicallosa

Green corduroy orchid
Photo: M. Crocombe, CC BY 4.0

Eulophia bicallosa is a terrestrial orchid from tropical Asia to northern Australia, growing from a pseudobulb with one pleated leaf and a tall stem of pale green or cream flowers with purple markings. It is a species, not a genus, and needs a warm, humid, frost-free climate and a free-draining, moisture-retentive mix.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water freely while in active growth and keep the mix barely moist in the dry season.
Soil
Free-draining, moisture-retentive terrestrial mix of bark, leaf mould and coarse sand.
Temperature
20–32 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Trop. Asia to N. Australia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Eulophia bicallosa, commonly known as the green corduroy orchid, is a plant in the orchid family and is native to areas from tropical Asia to northern Australia. It is a terrestrial orchid with a single narrow leaf and between 10 and 20 pale green or cream-coloured flowers with purplish markings. It grows in rainforest and woodland.

Where it grows

Eulophia bicallosa grows in woodland and rainforests in coastal regions of Queensland and in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It also occurs in Hainan province in China and in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and New Guinea.

Other Eulophia plants

Wild coco · Eulophia andamanensis · Sourveld Harlequin · Eulophia dabia · Eulophia dentata · Giant orchid · Sword Harlequin · Eulophia euglossa · Eulophia gracilis · Chinese Crown Orchid · Eulophia guineensis · Eulophia mechowii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eulophia bicallosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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