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.

few–several, abruptly diverging or sometimes ascending, scattered along stem;

blade oblong to ovate or lanceolate, 5.5–16(–28) × 1–4.5 cm.

lax to dense.

very lax to dense, flowers sometimes irregularly grouped in fascicles.

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, not showy, green to yellowish green, often suffused with blue or lip sometimes with red;

lateral sepals spreading to reflexed;

petals ovate- to lance-falcate, margins entire;

lip descending to somewhat reflexed or projecting, lanceolate to ovate, sometimes with prominent suborbiculate basal dilation, without basal thickening, 4–8 × 1.5–3 mm;

spur strongly clavate to scrotiform, 2–3 mm, apex obtuse;

rostellum lobes strongly diverging, very small, rounded, obscure;

pollinaria straight;

pollinia remaining enclosed in anther sacs;

viscidia orbiculate to oblong;

ovary rather slender to stout, mostly 5–9 mm.

= 42 [63].