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Also see Corallorhiza maculata and Corallorhiza striata, Calypso bulbosa, Epipactis gigantea, Cypripedium calceolus, and Green Orchids. |
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Synonyms:
Lysiella obtusata, Habenaria
obtusata. Platanthera obtusata.
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Blooming information withheld to protect the Orchids. In the Four Corners area, these minute Orchids have been found only in Colorado in the two locations shown in these photographs. The plants enjoy shady, moist forests, especially at streamsides. Basal leaves are almost always singular and large; flowers are minute and spread openly along a leafless stalk. The plants are very difficult to find and it is the leaf that attracted me to them. Joseph Banks (who funded Captains Cook and Bligh) named this species Orchis obtusata in 1814, John Richardson renamed it Habenaria obtusata in 1823, John Lindley renamed it Platanthera obtusata in 1835, and Per Axel Rydberg renamed it Lysiella obtusata in 1900. "Lysiella" is a diminutive of Lysias, an Orchidaceae genus consisting of just two north American species found in the northern U.S.
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Synonyms: Lysiella
obtusata, Habenaria obtusata. Platanthera obtusata. Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Blooming information withheld to protect the Orchids.
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Synonyms: Lysiella
obtusata, Habenaria obtusata. Platanthera obtusata. Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Blooming information withheld to protect the Orchids. The bottom right flower shows that the flower lip (in the lower right corner) is as long as the spur (light green/white and pointing downward parallel and next to the green stem). The tip of the spur can also be seen near the pedicel (the flower stem) in the flower at upper right. Flower color is white to green/white.
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Synonyms:
Lysiella
obtusata, Habenaria obtusata. Platanthera obtusata.
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family) Blooming information withheld to protect the Orchids. In this photograph, the lip, spur, sepals, petals, and reproductive parts show more clearly.
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