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Orchid Species: Tipularia discolor
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Tipularia discolor is an orchid species identified by (Pursh) Nutt. in 1818.
ORIGIN: Found in the northeastern USA south to Florida and west to Nebraska and Texas.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized. cold to cool growing terrestrial in deciduous and coniferous forests along banks of streams with subterranean tubers giving rise to a solitary, erect, broad, dark green above and purple below leaf and blooms on an erect, very slender, 4 to 18 [10 to 45 cm] long, racemose, many [20 to 40] flowered inflorescence with successive opening flowers occurring in the late spring to early fall.
FLOWER SIZE: About 1/2 inch [1.25 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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