Flora of North America species comparison

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

bracts 1–8.

attenuate toward tuberoid, fistulous, 1.5–12(–17) mm diam. distal to leaves;

bracts 3–50.

prostrate;

blade 5–16(–20) × 1.3–3.5 cm.

prostrate to erect-spreading;

blade 7–22(–30) × 1.5–4(–6.2) cm.

usually sparsely flowered, 3–44 cm;

rachis usually longer than peduncle;

bracts 3–23 mm.

± densely flowered, 3–33 cm;

rachis usually shorter than peduncle;

bracts 4–17(–22) 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.

green, fragrance nocturnal, strong, pleasant;

sepals 2–4.8 × 1.3–3.7 mm;

dorsal sepal ovate-elliptic to ovate;

lateral sepals spreading to recurved, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate;

petals erect-spreading, asymmetrically triangular-ovate, 2.2–4.5 × 1–2.2 mm;

lip straight to ± bent, ovate-triangular, 1.7–5 × 1.3–5 mm;

spurs mostly deflexed, sometimes mixed with horizontal ones, 9–16 mm;

viscidia broadly oblong, 0.4–0.75 × 0.15–0.4 mm;

rostellum blunt.

3.5–10.5 mm.

5–13 mm.

tan to cinnamon brown.

blackish brown, rarely brown.