Flora of North America species comparison

few, horizontally spreading, slender, mostly to 0.4 cm diam.

numerous, spreading, mostly to 1 cm diam., slender.

persisting through anthesis, basal, sometimes on basal portion of stem, spreading, linear-oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, to 21 × 2 cm.

persisting through anthesis, to 5, basal, reduced to sheathing bracts upward on stem, spreading, linear-lanceolate, keeled, 5–40 × 1.7 cm, rigid.

spikes loosely to tightly spiraled, 5–9 flowers per cycle of spiral, sometimes nearly secund;

rachis moderately to densely pubescent, some trichomes capitate, glands obviously stalked.

rather loosely to very tightly spiraled, 3–4 flowers per cycle of spiral, occasionally 5 or more in very loose spiral;

rachis moderately pubescent, some trichomes capitate, glands obviously stalked.

ochroleucous, ivory, creamy, yellowish, or greenish white, ascending, urceolate to somewhat gaping, claw of lip at pronounced (20–60°) angle to lamina, base cuneate, appearing strongly inflated;

sepals distinct to base, 6–14 mm;

lateral sepals appressed to petals and lip, straight, separated from dorsal sepal by mostly 0.7–1 mm;

petals linear to linear-oblong, 6–13 mm, apex acute to obtuse;

lip often more yellow centrally, oblong to ovate, 7–12 × 4–7 mm, margins crenulate, glabrous;

veins several, branches parallel;

basal calli incurved, prominent, very rarely conic, 1–2 mm;

viscidia linear;

ovary 3–7 mm.

mostly ascending, white to cream, slenderly tubular, gaping toward apex;

sepals distinct to base, lanceolate, tapering in distal 1/3, 6–10 × 2–3 mm;

lateral sepals spreading;

petals linear, falcate, 7–9 × 2 mm, apex apiculate or sometimes crenulate;

lip yellow centrally, ovate, 6–9 × 4 mm, apical margin laciniate-dentate, crisped;

basal calli incurved, long-tapered, to 1 mm;

viscidium linear-lanceolate;

ovary mostly 5 mm. Seeds monoembryonic.

monoembryonic.

= 30.