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, 0.5–3.5 mm diam.;

bracts (4–)7–20(–26).

prostrate;

blade 5–16(–20) × 1.3–3.5 cm.

prostrate;

blade 11–17 × 2.2–3.9 cm.

usually sparsely flowered, 3–44 cm;

rachis usually longer than peduncle;

bracts 3–23 mm.

densely flowered, cylindric, (2–)5–15(–30) cm;

rachis shorter than peduncle;

bracts (3–)5–8(–11) 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 and white, fragrance faint, harsh to honeylike, diurnal;

sepals 3–5.5 × 1–2.5 mm;

dorsal sepal green with white margins, elliptic-lanceolate;

lateral sepals spreading to recurved, white, lanceolate;

petals erect-recurved, green with broad outer, narrow inner white borders, lanceolate, falcate, 3–5 × 1.5 mm, inner margins often forming U, apices often connivent;

lip recurved, triangular-lanceolate, 2.5–5 × 1.2–2.5 mm;

spur deflexed, 2–5 mm;

viscidia ovate to broadly elliptic, 0.4–0.5 × 0.3–0.4 mm;

rostellum blunt.

3.5–10.5 mm.

5–9 mm.

tan to cinnamon brown.

cinnamon brown.