Flora of North America species comparison

not appressed to inflorescences at flowering;

blade linear, lanceolate, or seldom elliptic-lanceolate, 2–50 cm × 2–35(–50) mm, margins slightly to strongly curled transversely.

blade linear, 3–15 cm × 3–9 mm at flowering, later elongating to 6–41 cm.

green or slightly purple at base, becoming entirely green after flowering, 4–135 cm;

floral bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, subulate, 3–30 mm.

dark purple, becoming green after flowering, 17–33(–50) cm;

floral bracts ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or subulate, 3–8 mm.

1–25, opening sequentially, magenta, pink, to white, faintly fragrant;

dorsal sepal oblanceolate, 15–31 × 5–18 mm, apex acuminate;

lateral sepals occasionally reflexed distally, ovate to lanceolate, slightly falcate, 13–26 × 5–16 mm, apex apiculate to acuminate;

petals obpandurate to seldom elliptic, slightly falcate, 15–28 × 4–14 mm, apex obtuse;

lip 11–23 mm, middle lobe with dilated end typically anvil-shaped, seldom triangular, 5.5–21 mm wide;

column 12–25 × 1–2 mm, distal end 4.5–10 mm wide;

rostellum present or absent;

stigma at angle to column surface.

2–15, opening nearly simultaneously, crimson, magenta, to rarely light pink, strongly fragrant to pungent;

dorsal sepal obovate to oblanceolate, 9–17 × 5–8 mm, apex acuminate;

lateral sepals reflexed only at tip or straight, ovate to lanceolate, slightly falcate to straight, 10–13.5 × 6–9 mm;

petals pandurate, rarely obovate, 8–14 × 4–8 mm, apex obtuse;

lip 7–12 mm, middle lobe with dilated apex triangular, rounded to truncate, 7–13 mm wide;

column 5.5–7.5 × 1–2 mm, distal end 5–7 mm wide;

rostellum present. Capsules ellipsoid to obconic, 13–22 × 4–7 mm.

ovoid to ellipsoid, 13–30 × 5–10 mm.

globose to elongate, not forked, 8–31 mm.

elongate, forked, 18–40 mm.

= 26, 40, 42.

= 40, 42.