Forgive me guys but I am going senile. Eulophia petersii sounds familiar. To me it is a terrestrial orchid with fusiform pseudobulbs (i.e. thinner at both ends than in the middle) surmounted by two thick leathery leaves with a serrated edge (hence the Zulu name isaag or a saw) and a branched flower spike up to 2+ metres with greenish/pink flowers. The petals tending to reflex at the tips. If this flash of brilliance shining through the "Old Timers' Disease" is the same species that you guys are discussing, I have never seen it with "catch roots" nor have I seen it growing in ant heaps. When I have found it, it tends to grow from between a thorn shrub (prevents it being eaten by goats) in dry (almost arrid semi-desert) areas and the flower spike winds up through the protective shrub and stands out above it. At least that is how it grows here in KwaZulu-Natal. Perhaps somebody can tell us if terrestrial orchids have "catch roots". I thought that only epiphytic orchids had them. Incidentally I have only seen them on large clumps of Ansellia and none in small cultivated plants. Keep well and kind regard Mike South Africa
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