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| | Eulophia horsfallii |
 | | Eulophia horsfallii is a magnificent, tall-growing, purple-flowered orchid found in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo [Northern Province] in South Africa as well as in Swaziland and further north in tropical Africa. |
| | The generic name Eulophia is derived from the Greek eu, meaning well, and lophos, meaning crested, and alludes to the prominently crested lip or labellum, situated below the two lateral petals of the flowers of this genus. |
| | The major reason that most orchids (including Eulophia) cannot be raised successfully from seed when sown in the normal way is that the seedlings of most of them are dependent for survival on a symbiotic association with a specific fungus. |
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