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Orchidaceae

Wild coco

Eulophia alta (L.) Fawc. & Rendle

Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Eulophia

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Wild coco: Eulophia alta , Suriname.
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Wild coco

Synonyms

  • Bletia alta (L.) Hitchc.
  • Cypripedium epidendricum Vell.
  • Cyrtopera alta (L.) Stehlé
  • Cyrtopera amazonica Barb.Rodr.
  • Cyrtopera amazonica (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.
  • Cyrtopera longifolia (Kunth) Rchb.f.
  • Cyrtopera longifolia var. amazonica (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn.
  • Cyrtopera longifolia var. pachystelidia Rchb.f.
  • Cyrtopera vellosiana Barb.Rodr.
  • Cyrtopera woodfordii Lindl.
  • Cyrtopera woodfordii (Sims) Lindl.
  • Cyrtopera woodfordii var. pachystelidia Rchb.f.
  • Cyrtopodium woodfordii Sims
  • Dendrobium longifolium Kunth
  • Eulophia alta f. flavescens (Schltr.) F.Barros
  • Eulophia alta f. pallida P.M.Br.
  • Eulophia alta f. pelchatii P.M.Br.
  • Eulophia alta var. alba L.C.Menezes
  • Eulophia alta var. pachystelidia (Rchb.f.) G.A.Romero
  • Eulophia longifolia (Kunth) Schltr.
  • Eulophia longifolia var. amazonica (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn.
  • Eulophia longifolia var. flavescens Schltr.
  • Eulophia woodfordii (Sims) Rolfe
  • Govenia barbata Poepp. & Endl.
  • Limodorum altum L.
  • Lissochilus amazonicus Barb.Rodr.
  • Maxillaria longifolia (Kunth) Lindl.
  • Paphiopedilum epidendricum (Vell.) Pfitzer
  • Platypus altus Small
  • Platypus altus (L.) Small
  • Platypus papilliferus Small & Nash
  • Xylobium longifolium (Kunth) Lindl. ex Spreng.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.