Sacoila lanceolata var. lanceolata

Common names: Leafless beaked orchid
Illustrated
Synonyms: Neottia aphylla Hooker Satyrium orchioides Swartz Spiranthes jaliscana S. Watson Spiranthes orchioides (Swartz) A. Richard
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 529. Mentioned on page 527, 528.

Leaves usually absent at flowering time. Inflorescences 4–18 cm; floral bracts green to reddish-brown, lanceolate, 15–20 (–25) mm. Flowers 9–50, coral to orange-red; dorsal sepal 19–23 × 7–9 mm; lateral sepals 23–31 × 3–8 mm, connate for 5–7 mm over basal portion of mentum, free portion of mentum 4–6 mm; petals 21–26 × 6–8 mm; lip pale-red or pinkish white to white, 23–31 × 8–11 mm; column 9–10 mm from attachment of dorsal sepal to tip, foot extending back 11–12 mm; pollinaria 8–9 mm; viscidia 4–5 mm; pedicellate ovary 10–20 mm; rostellum 4–5 mm. Capsules 14 × 8 mm. Seeds largely polyembryonic. 2n = 46.


Phenology: Flowering mid Mar–early Jul.
Habitat: Open, dry to moist habitats including poorly drained pinelands, roadside ditches, pastures, open woods in sandy, ± acid substrates
Elevation: 0–30 m

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, n South America

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
self-pollination +
acute +  and acuminate +
Paul Martin Brown +  and Paul M. Catling +
(Aublet) Garay +
grooved +  and sessile +
Limodorum lanceolatum +
indehiscent +
not +  and articulate +
conduplicate +  and plicate +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
oblong-lanceolate +  and oblongelliptic +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br /> (?) +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (?) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Leafless beaked orchid +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +  and n South America +
1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br /> (2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0–30 m +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
green +  and reddish-brown +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
3-merous +, sessile +  and pedicellate +
coral +  and orange-red +
11mm +  and 12mm +
Open, dry to moist habitats including poorly drained pinelands, roadside ditches, pastures, open woods in sandy, ± acid substrates +
transitional +
glandular-capitate +
bubble--shaped +
lateral +  and terminal +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br /> (3.1 cm31 mm <br />0.031 m <br />) +
decurrent +  and lanceolate +
petiolate +, sessile +  and simple +
duplicate +, convolute +, whorled +, opposite +, distichous +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
2 (?) +  and 7 (?) +
reduced +
pinkish white +  and white +
2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br /> (3.1 cm31 mm <br />0.031 m <br />) +
lanceolate +
extended +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
differing in form and color +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
1-many-flowered +  and cymose +
pendent +  and erect +
21mm;26mm +
decurrent;falcate;lanceolate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
not distinct +
Flowering mid Mar–early Jul. +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
expanded +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Bot. Mus. Leafl. +
abbreviated +
aerial +  and subterranean +
sharp-pointed +  and linear-needlelike +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
polyembryonic +
minute +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
free +, distinct +, adnate +  and connate +
foliaceous +
not +  and alike +
Illustrated +
branched +, or +  and simple +
pendent +  and erect +
proliferous +
thickened +  and stout +
perpendicular +
concave +  and convex +
Neottia aphylla +, Satyrium orchioides +, Spiranthes jaliscana +  and Spiranthes orchioides +
Sacoila lanceolata var. lanceolata +
Sacoila lanceolata +
variety +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
annual +  and perennial +
aquatic +, lithophytic +, terrestrial +  and epiphytic +
saprophytic +, photosynthetic +  and mycotrophic +