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Eulophia graminea
Also called Orchid
In Singapore: Grass Orchid, Bawang Hantu, 禾草芋蘭, 美冠兰
Eulophia graminea is a terrestrial orchid grown from a pseudobulb, known as the Chinese crown orchid, valued for its grass-like leaves and tall flower spikes. It is a sun-loving orchid that does best in a warm, humid climate with a distinct dry season.
Eulophia graminea is a species of orchid known as the Chinese crown orchid or the grass-leaved orchid. It has a pseudobulb, which is sometimes misleadingly referred to as a bulb.
It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, such as the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, and Yunnan), the Eastern Himalayas, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, the Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Western Himalayas.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eulophia graminea 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.
