Flora of North America species comparison

green, succulent, glabrous.

green, stout, succulent, glabrous.

blade green, ovate to elliptic, 2.5–7 × 1.8–4.5 cm, apex rounded to obtuse or subacute.

blade yellow-green to green, ovate-elliptic, 10–17 × 10–12 cm, apex acute.

5–30-flowered, lax, 50–130 mm;

floral bracts rhombic-ovate to lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous to slightly glandular;

peduncle and rachis glandular-pubescent.

10–100-flowered, lax to dense, 10–50 cm;

floral bracts lanceolate, 3 × 1 mm;

peduncle and rachis glandular-pubescent.

yellowish green, small;

pedicel filiform, 4–12 mm, glandular-puberulent;

sepals and petals distinct and free, spreading, only slightly reflexed;

dorsal sepal linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 2.8–4 × 0.5–0.8 mm, apex acute to acuminate;

lateral sepals linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, falcate, 2.8–4 × 0.5–0.8 mm, apex acute to acuminate;

petals linear to linear-lanceolate, slightly falcate, 2.8–3.5 × 0.5–0.8 mm, apex acute to acuminate;

lip sessile, cuneate to obovate, 4.5–6 × 2–4.5 mm, apex rounded to retuse, apiculate, apical margin slightly erose or crenulate;

disc with pair of dark green stripes, each swollen at base and with small horn 1 mm from top of each swelling;

column short, 1.5–2 × 1 mm.

yellowish green;

pedicels stout, 3–4 mm, slightly glandular-pubescent;

sepals and petals projecting forward, connivent, forming hood over column;

dorsal sepal ovate, concave, 5–6 × 2–3 mm, apex obtuse;

lateral sepals ovate, concave, falcate, 4 × 2–3 mm, apex obtuse;

petals linear, concave, 4 × 1 mm, apex obtuse;

lip acutely deflexed near base, sessile, linear, apical 1/2 expanded, cleft into bluntly rounded lobes separated by tooth in sinus;

disc with longitudinal thickened ridge leading to deflection, 8–10 × 4 mm;

column short, 2 × 1.5 mm.

semierect, ovoid to subglobose, 5 × 4 mm, glabrous.

semierect, ellipsoid, 10 × 6 mm.

= 34.

= 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42.