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Eulophia picta (R.Br.) Ormerod

  • Cymbidium pictum R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 331 (1810)

  • Geodorum pictum (R.Br.) Lindl. in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 175 (1833)

  • Arethusa glutinosa Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 641 (1837)

  • Cistella cernua Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 293 (1825), nom. superfl.

  • Cymbidium nutans (Roxb.) Sw. in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 6: 77 (1799)

  • Dendrobium haenkeanum Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 490 (1840)

  • Dendrobium nutans C.Presl in Reliq. Haenk. 1: 102 (1827)

  • Epidendrum tuberosum G.Forst. in Fl. Ins. Austr.: 59 (1786), nom. illeg.

  • Eulophia cernua T.C.Hsu in Ill. Fl. Taiwan 2: 36 (2016)

  • Geodorum appendiculatum Griff. in Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 357 (1845)

  • Geodorum candidum (Roxb.) Lindl. in Fol. Orchid. 5: 3 (1854)

  • Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 259 (1919)

  • Geodorum densiflorum var. kalimpongense R.Yonzone, Lama & Bhujel in McAllen Int. Orchid Soc. J. 13(6): 7 (2012)

  • Geodorum formosanum Rolfe ex Hemsl. in Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 9: 157 (1895)

  • Geodorum fucatum Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 20: t. 1687 (1834)

  • Geodorum neocaledonicum Kraenzl. in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 82 (1929)

  • Geodorum nutans (C.Presl) Ames in Orchidaceae 2: 154 (1908)

  • Geodorum pacificum Rolfe in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 71 (1908)

  • Geodorum pallidum D.Don in Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 31 (1825)

  • Geodorum purpureum R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 207 (1813), nom. superfl.

  • Geodorum rariflorum Lindl. in Fol. Orchid. 6: 2 (1855)

  • Geodorum semicristatum Lindl. in Fol. Orchid. 6: 2 (1855)

  • Geodorum tricarinatum Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 101 (1911)

  • Limodorum candidum Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 470 (1832)

  • Limodorum densiflorum Lam. in Encycl. 3: 516 (1792)

  • Limodorum nutans Roxb. in Pl. Coromandel 1: 33 (1795)

  • Malaxis cernua Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 93 (1805), nom. superfl.

  • Malaxis nutans (Roxb.) Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 93 (1805)

  • Ortmannia cernua Opiz in Flora 17: 592 (1834), nom. superfl.

  • Otandra cernua Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 298 (1812), not validly publ.

  • Tropidia grandis Hance in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 128 (1873)

Ecology Terrestrial herbs growing in sheady places among bushes in semi evergreen forest.

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Pseudobulbs tuberous, ovoid-conical, ± regular in shape, greenish-brown with transverse circular bands, about 5 X 3 cm.

Leaves I or 2, forming a pseudostem about 16 mm tall, and 1-1.4 cm thick; the leaves 11-40 X 5-10 cm, sheathing at base, subplicate, many nerved, obovate-oblong, elliptic or elliptic-Ianceolate, acute, entire, the upper ones tapering into a long narrow petiole.

Scape 28-32 cm tall, arising from the tuber away from the leaves, green, terete, with a few oblong-Ianceolate sheaths; the apical part decurved. 


Inflorescence about 4 cm long, a compact subcorymbose raceme, facing downwards. 

Flowers 1.5 cm. long, pinkish-white or white, opening very little, bracteate, shortly pedicellate. 

Sepals 12X 4 mm, pure white or white flushed with very pale mauve, more so in the basal regions, acute, entire, 3-nerved; dorsal sepal obovate-oblong, slightly broader; lateral ones suboblique, narrowly oblong, somewhat keeled. 

Petals 12X 6 mm, similar to sepals but slightly broader, elliptic oblong, acute, entire, 3-nerved.


Lip attached all along to the foot, forming a 5 mm deep, concave, rounded trough, flattening out a little at the apex; in colour white flushed with pale pink or mauve on the out side as sepals and petals, the inside with deep purple veins on the sides, a central yellow disc bordered with deep mauve and with 2 thin purple veins in the centre of the disc. The lip 12 mm long, 10 mm broad on flattening, deltoid-oblong in outline, obscurely 3-lobed ; lateral lobes broad, subentire, middle one crenulate, emarginate.

Column 5X2 mm, white, subclavate, minutely puberulous, produced upwards from behind into an apiculum to which the back of the anther is attached.

Clinandrium white with a central faint, transverse, pink line, foot short, broad above narrow downwards, margined and tipped with deep mauve; 

Anther 2-2.5mm broad,sub orbicular, dorsal surface very pale yellow with flap purple margined

Pollinia 2 waxy, 2mm, somewhat reniform, caudicle short, viscidium globose

Stigmatic surface broad pure white
Ovary with pedice;0,8- 1cm long green clavate ribbed, not twisted

Capsule oblong, 3.5-5 × 1.5 cm.
Flowering: June-July                                                
Fruiting: September

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