Description ⁴

Terrestrial, with ovoid tubers; Stem erect, leafy; Leaves 2-several, prostate to suberect, lanceolate to circular; Inflorescence terminal, densely many-flowered, bracts leafy often reflexed; Flowers non-resupinate, white, yellow, pink, purple or red; 2-spurred, short to elongate; Lip hooded, uppermost in flower; Sepals and petals subsimilar, small, ligulate to obovate; Column within hood, stalked; Pollinia 2, sectile.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Landy Rita, all rights reserved, uploaded by Landy Rita
2. (c) Andrew massyn, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Satyrium_odorum_10.jpg
3. Harry Bolus (1834-1911), no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Satyrium_macrophyllum00.jpg
4. Adapted by Landy Rita from a work by (c) GTMResearchReserve, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/358985

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos

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