Eulophia pulchra (Thouars) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 182 (1833) (syn: Eulophia ambaxiana J.J.Sm. ; Eulophia coccifera Frapp. ex Cordem. ; Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl. ; Eulophia emarginata Blume ; Eulophia guamensis Ames ; Eulophia macrostachya Lindl. ; Eulophia novoebudae Kraenzl. ; Eulophia papuana F.M.Bailey ; Eulophia pelorica D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. ; Eulophia pulchra var. actinomorpha W.M.Lin, Kuo Huang & T.P.Lin ; Eulophia pulchra var. pelorica (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) T.P.Lin ; Eulophia rouxii Kraenzl. ; Eulophia silvatica Schltr. ; Eulophia striata Rolfe ; Eulophidium pulchrum (Thouars) Summerh. ; Eulophidium silvaticum (Schltr.) Summerh. ; Graphorkis bisdahliana Kuntze ; Graphorkis blumeana Kuntze ; Graphorkis calographis Thouars ; Graphorkis macrostachya (Lindl.) Kuntze ; Graphorkis pulchra (Thouars) Kuntze ; Limodorum pulchrum Thouars; Lissochilus pulcher (Thouars) H.Perrier ; Oeceoclades pelorica (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) T.C.Hsu ; Oeceoclades pulchra (Thouars) P.J.Cribb & M.A.Clem. ; Oeceoclades pulchra var. pelorica (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) T.P.Lin );
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Tanzania to Mozambique and W. Pacific: Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Comoros, Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zimbabwe as per POWO;
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Common name: Pretty Eulophia
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Images by Sh. P S Sivaprasad in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China Flora of Sri Lanka Flora of Eastern Ghats India Flora Online Flowers of India Wikipedia iNaturalist