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Coeloglossum
viride. Synonym:
Habenaria viridis. (Long-bracted Orchid) Blooming information withheld to protect the Orchids. This unusual Orchid is recognized by its long, green, sharply pointed bracts (see especially the last photograph on this page), a lower flower lip with two prominent lobes and often one very small central lobe, and a minute double bladder at the base of the lower lip. (The bladder is usually referred to as a spur.) In the Four Corners area, C. viride is found only in Montezuma and La Plata Counties, Colorado. The plant is relatively uncommon in the West but is widespread in the north-central and north-eastern United States. The plant was first named Satyrium viride by Linnaeus in 1753, was renamed Habenaria viridis by Robert Brown in 1813, and Carl Hartman assigned its present name in 1820. "Coeloglossum" is from the Greek for "hollow, or sheathed, tongue" and "viride" is Latin for "green". |
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Coeloglossum
viride. Synonym:
Habenaria viridis. (Long-bracted Orchid) |
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Coeloglossum
viride. Synonym:
Habenaria viridis. (Long-bracted Orchid) |
Range map © John Kartesz,
County Color Key
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Range map for Coeloglossum viride |
Species present in state and native
Species present in state and exotic
Species not present in state
Species present and not rare
Species present and rare
Species extirpated (historic)
Species extinct
Species noxious
Species exotic and present
Eradicated
Questionable presence