Habenaria psycodes var. grandiflora (Bigelow) A.Gray

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Orchidaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Habenaria psycodes var. grandiflora (Bigelow) A.Gray

  • Description

    Variety Description - Fls avg larger, the lateral sep 6–10 × 4–6 mm, the lateral pet 6–10 × 5–6 mm, the lip up to 18 × 25 mm, its margins deeply fringed (a third or more of the length of the segments); column larger and broader, the pollen-sacs spread widely apart at the edges of the widely rounded opening to the nectary, the viscidia exsert on columnar processes; plants avg more robust and often with a more elongate and open raceme. (H. grandiflora; Platanthera g.)