Dragon's mouth
- For the name of the series of straits separating the Gulf of Paria from the Caribbean Sea see Bocas del Dragón
| Dragon's Mouth Orchid | |
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| photo from Pancake Bay in Ontario | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Arethuseae |
| Subtribe: | Arethusinae |
| Genus: | Arethusa L. |
| Species: | A. bulbosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Arethusa bulbosa L.[1] | |
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Arethusa bulbosa, commonly called Dragon's Mouth Orchid,[3] is the only species in the orchid genus Arethusa.[2] The genus is named after a naiad of Greek mythology.[4] This monotypic genus is abbreviated Aret in trade journals.
Western Brook Pond Trail, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador
This terrestrial and rare orchid occurs Eastern North America from Manitoba east to Newfoundland and St. Pierre & Miquelon south to Virginia, with isolated populations in northern Saskatchewan and in the Carolinas.[2][5][6] It occurs in bogs, swamps and other wet lowlands. It grows to a height of 15 cm. It forms a large, single, pink terminal flower, with a showy lip and white and yellow fringed crests.[1]
Gallery
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Drawing from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Justice, William S.; Bell, C. Ritchie; Lindsey, Anne H. (2005). Wild Flowers of North Carolina (2. printing. ed.). Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press. p. 52. ISBN 0807855979.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Arethusa bulbosa
- ↑ Voitk, A & M. (2006) Orchids on the Rock: The Orchids of Newfoundland, Rocky Harbour, NL: Gros Morne Co-operating Association.
- ↑ University of Wisconsin, Orchids of Wisconsin, Arethusa bulbosa
- ↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 597, Arethusa bulbosa
- ↑ Biota of North America Program
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