Flora of North America species comparison

fleshy.

far-creeping, 0.5–1.5 cm diam.

sheath glabrous;

blade narrowly ovate to ovate, 20–60 × 10–30 cm, base obtuse to narrowly cuneate, apex shortly acuminate to acute, abaxially and adaxially glabrous.

sheath and blade glaucous;

blade narrowly ovate, 28–70 × 1.5–14 cm, base cuneate, apex very gradually narrowing to acute.

racemes, sometimes branched, bearing 1- to 2-flowered cincinni, 6–20 per inflorescence;

primary bracts to 15 cm;

secondary bracts to 9 cm;

floral bracts persistent, broadly obovate to narrowly (ob)ovate(-triangular), 0.5–3 × 0.5–1.5 cm, apex entire, often glaucous;

bracteoles (ovate-)triangular, 0.5–2 × 0.3–0.8 cm, apex entire.

racemes, simple or occasionally branched, bearing 2-flowered cincinni, more than 10 flowers per inflorescence;

primary bracts 10–30 cm;

secondary bracts 5–20 cm;

floral bracts persistent, (broadly) ovate-triangular, 0.7–2.5 × 0.4–1 cm, apex entire or irregularly lobed, glaucous;

bracteoles (broadly) ovate-triangular, 0.3–2 cm × 4–8 mm, apex entire or irregularly lobed.

red to yellow-orange, never pure yellow (except in some hybrid cultivars), 4.5–7.5 cm;

pedicels 0.2–1 cm, to 1.5 cm in fruit;

sepals narrowly triangular, 0.9–1.7 × 0.2–0.5 cm;

petals erect, 4–6.5 cm, tube 0.5–1.5 cm, lobes lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 3.5–5 × 0.4–0.7 cm;

staminodes 3–4, narrowly obovate to spatulate, 4.5–7.5 cm, free part 0.3–0.5 cm wide, apex rounded, acute, or cleft;

labellum reflexed, narrowly oblong, approximately equal to other staminodes.

pure yellow, 7.5–10 cm;

pedicels short, to 0.5 cm;

sepals narrowly elliptic-triangular, 1.2–2 × 0.3–0.5 cm;

petals erect, 5–9 cm, tube 1–2 cm, lobes narrowly ovate, 4–7 × 0.7–1.1 cm;

staminodes 4, narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate, 7.5–10 cm, free part 0.5–2.3 cm wide, apex sometimes slightly notched;

labellum strongly reflexed, linear, approximately equal to other staminodes.

ellipsoid to nearly globose, 1.5–3 × 1.5–2 cm.

globose to ellipsoid, 2–5 × 2–4 cm.

black, globose to nearly globose, 5–8 × 4–6.7 mm diam. 2n = 18.

brown, ovoid, 7–10 × 6–8 mm.

= 18.