The Australian Orchid Review, June/July 2009 
tive species is Eulophia odontoglossa, 
which has bright yellow flowers with red- 
dish marks on the labellum. This species 
grows to about 90cm tall, and has up to 30 
flowers, most open at the one time, a truly 
superb sight. 
Eulophia are some of the showiest ter- 
restrial orchids of the South African sum- 
mers, even if you do get very wet trying to 
find them, as well as having the excite- 
ment of dodging the thunderstorms rolling 
over the open grassland plains of the 
plateau. My thanks to Duncan and Annette 
McFarlane for hosting my stay in South 
Africa, and to members of _ the 
Witwatersrand Orchid Society for their 
hospitality on field trips. | 
Gary Backhouse 
Greensborough, Victoria 
~ Email: outbackorchids@hotmail.com 
