Flora of North America species comparison

swollen to uniform diameter toward base, 0.7–6.1 mm diam. distal to leaves;

bracts 1–8.

prostrate;

blade 5–16(–20) × 1.3–3.5 cm.

usually sparsely flowered, 3–44 cm;

rachis usually longer than peduncle;

bracts 3–23 mm.

± translucent green, fragrance nocturnal but lingering during day, musky or soapy, sometimes honeylike;

sepals ± translucent, 2–4.2 × 1–2.6 mm;

dorsal sepal ovate to oblong;

lateral sepals spreading to strongly recurved;

petals usually projecting to erect, ± straight-sided, asymmetrically ovate to linear-lanceolate, 2–5.5 × 0.6–2 mm;

lip ± deflexed, broadly ovate to lanceolate-elliptic, 2–5 × 1–3 mm, apex usually somewhat upcurved;

spur horizontal to decurved, 2–5.5 mm, ± equal to lip;

viscidia broadly elliptic-ovate, 0.15–0.5 × 0.1–0.3 mm;

rostellum blunt.

3.5–10.5 mm.

tan to cinnamon brown.