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Triphora craigheadii
Luer
No occurrences found
Family:
Orchidaceae
Craighead's noddingcaps
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Max E. Medley in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Plants 4-8 cm. Roots from ovoid tuberoids, 15 × 5 mm. Stems purplish, unbranched. Leaves 1-4; blade dark green adaxially, purple abaxially, broadly ovate-cordate, not reniform, 9-10 × 11-12 mm, margins undulate. Inflorescences 1-3-flowered racemes. Flowers resupinate, nodding to nearly erect, somewhat gaping, flowering synchronous and ephemeral; sepals light green; dorsal sepal obovate, 6 × 2 mm; lateral sepals ovate, slightly falcate, 6 × 2 mm; petals white or suffused with pink, lanceolate-ovate, falcate, 6 × 2 mm; lip facing away from stem, white with irregular purple spots, broadly triangular, 3-lobed, 5.5 × 4 mm, middle lobe broadly truncate, lateral lobes ± triangular, margins sinuate; disc with 3 white, parallel crests, not papillose; column pale green, clavate, slender, 5 mm; pollinia 2, yellow. Capsules pendent or erect, ellipsoid, 10 × 5 mm. Flowering summer. Low, poorly drained hardwoods in rich humus, often on or near decaying logs; 0--20 m; Fla.
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