Spathoglottis eburnea is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is a pseudobulbous plant with lanceolate to linear leaves, and cream and white flowers. The species is native to south-east Asia.
Spathoglottis eburnea was described in 1931, and is listed in Appendix II of CITES.
Taxonomy The species was described by François Gagnepain in 1931.
Distribution Spathoglottis eburnea is native to the wet tropical biome of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The species grows in deciduous forests, at elevations of .
Description Spathoglottis eburnea has round or conical pseudobulbs. The flowering shoots are tall.
The plant has two or three narrowly lanceolate to linear leaves, which are long, and wide. The leaf stems are long. The plant has four to seven sterile bracts.
The inflorescences are loose, purple, and covered in short soft hairs. The flower stems are long. The flowers are cream-coloured or white, and the base of the labellum is yellow. The sepals are elliptic to lanceolate, long, wide, and covered in short soft hairs. The petals are elliptical, long, and wide. The labellum has three lobes, which are long, and wide. The plant flowers from September to November.
The column is long, curved, and slender at the base. The fruit is an ellipsoid capsule with short soft hairs, around long, and wide.
Conservation Spathoglottis eburnea is listed in Appendix II of CITES. There are suspensions on its export from Laos.
Nomenclature In Thai, the species is known as ().
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