Flora of North America species comparison

within proximal 1/3 of stem;

blade narrowly to broadly elliptic.

1, within proximal 1/3 of stem;

blade orbiculate-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, (3–)4.1–8.5(–10) × 0.2–0.45(–0.65) cm, apex obtuse to acute.

spicate racemes, 1–12 cm.

racemes, 6–25 cm;

rachis slightly angled;

floral bracts triangular to lanceolate, 1–2 × 0.5 mm, apex acute;

pedicels not crowded, 2.5–5 mm.

5–80, resupinate or not;

sepals lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, margins revolute or not, apex acuminate;

petals reflexed, filiform to linear or linear-lanceolate, apex rounded;

lip ovate to broadly triangular, concave, base truncate, with forward-directed lobes, apex unlobed, acuminate;

column 0.4–0.8 × 0.4–0.8 mm;

pollinia yellow.

16–133, resupinate, deep maroon or greenish maroon;

sepals glabrous, not papillose;

dorsal sepal lanceolate, 1.8–2.4 × 0.8–1.2 mm, margins revolute, apex acute;

lateral sepals lanceolate-elliptic, falcate, 1.8–2.4 × 0.8–1.2 mm, apex acute;

petals strongly recurved, linear to filiform, slightly falcate, 1.8–2.2 × 0.2–0.4 mm, apex obtuse;

lip triangular to triangular-lanceolate, 1.8–2.3 × 1.3–1.8 mm, base with auricles narrow and nearly parallel, apex broadly acuminate;

column 0.5–0.8 × 0.5–0.8 mm;

pollinia yellow.

ascending, ellipsoid, 5 × 3 mm.

ascending, ellipsoid, 5 × 3 mm.

5–10 mm diam.

5–10 mm diam.