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Sourveld Harlequin

Eulophia coddii

Sourveld Harlequin is a terrestrial orchid, a pseudobulbous geophyte native to the Northern Provinces of South Africa, growing in dry shrubland and grassland. It is rarely grown in cultivation, so care advice is general and it is best left in the wild.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water moderately during the active growing season and keep nearly dry while dormant.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty terrestrial orchid mix or sandy loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Northern Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Eulophia coddii is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte endemic to the Northern Provinces of South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Eulophia plants

Wild coco · Eulophia andamanensis · Green corduroy orchid · 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 coddii 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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