Flora of North America species comparison

2–5, spreading to ascending, scattered along stem, gradually reduced to bracts distally;

blade lanceolate, elliptic, oblong-elliptic, or oblance-oblong, 7–27 × 1.2–5 cm.

2–4, spreading to ascending, gradually to somewhat abruptly reduced to bracts distally;

blade lanceolate to lance-elliptic, 5–40 × 0.6–6 cm.

lax to dense.

rather dense.

resupinate, showy, rose-purple;

lateral sepals somewhat reflexed;

petals oblong-linear to spatulate, distally crenate to entire;

lip descending to somewhat porrect, deeply 3-lobed, without basal thickening, 11–20 × 12–23 mm, distal margins of lobes dentate-lacerate, rarely nearly entire, lateral lobes narrowly cuneate, middle lobe broadly cuneate-flabellate, emarginate to 2-fid;

spur clavate, 20–30 mm;

rostellum lobes directed forward, spreading, angular;

pollinaria straight to geniculate;

pollinia directed forward;

viscidia orbiculate;

ovary slender, 13–23 mm.

resupinate, showy, orange;

dorsal sepal entire or rarely emarginate;

lateral sepals reflexed;

petals linear to linear-cuneate, margins apically fringed;

lip porrect to descending, oblong to broadly ovate-spatulate, without basal thickening, 8–19 × 4–18 mm, margins deeply filiform-fringed;

spur slenderly cylindric, rarely slightly clavate, 20–35 mm;

rostellum lobes scarcely to markedly curving forward, slightly spreading, angular-elongate;

pollinaria with stalks nearly straight to curved forward;

pollinia remaining enclosed in anther sacs;

viscidia orbiculate;

ovary slender, 12–27 mm.