Oeceoclades maculata
Summary 2
Oeceoclades maculata, sometimes known as the monk orchid or African spotted orchid, is a terrestrial orchid species in the genus Oeceoclades that is native to tropical Africa and now naturalized in South and Central America, the Caribbean, and Florida in North America. It was first described by the English botanist John Lindley as Angraecum maculatum in 1821 based on a specimen collected from South America. Lindley later revised his original placement and moved the species to...
Plant descriptions 3
Pseudobulbs avoid; leaf 1, ovate to oblong-ovate, mottled grey-green mottled with dark green; inflorescence simple or few branched; branches erect; lip straight, 4-lobed, white with 2 purple-red blotches at the base of the midlobe, callus 2-ridged; spur clavate, slightly apically bilobed.
Cribb P. and Hermans J. Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar, Kew Publishing, 2009
Elevation 4
up to 200 m
Similar species 4
Syn. Aerobion maculatum, Angraecum maculatum, Angraecum monophyllum, Eulophia ledienii, Eulophia mackenii, Eulophia maculata, Eulophia monophylla, Eulophidium ledienii, Eulophidium maculatum, Eulophidium monophyllum, Eulophidium nyassanum, Eulophidium warneckeanum, Geodorum pictum, Graphorchis maculata, Limodorum maculatum, Oeceoclades mackenii, Oeceoclades monophylla
Référence 4
Bosser J. & Lecoufle M. 2011.- Les orchidées de Madagascar. Biotope, Mèze (Collection Parthénope).
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- Adapted by Steven Bachman from a work by (c) Romer Rabarijaona, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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Range Map
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iNat Map
| Vegetation | Dry western forest |
|---|---|
| Taxonomy:family | Orchidaceae |
| Plant growth form | Forb or herb |
| Flowering month | April, February, March |
| Color | white |
