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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Triphora trianthophoros var. trianthophoros   FAMILY Orchidaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triphora trianthophora   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Triphora trianthophoros

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Triphora trianthophora ssp. trianthophora

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-05-001:

Triphora trianthophora   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Triphora trianthophora

 

COMMON NAME:
Three Birds Orchid, Nodding Pogonia, Nodding Ettercap


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image of Triphora trianthophoros var. trianthophoros, Three Birds Orchid, Nodding Pogonia, Nodding Ettercap

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_trtr3_001_lvd

        

image of Triphora trianthophoros var. trianthophoros, Three Birds Orchid, Nodding Pogonia, Nodding Ettercap

Jim Fowler    jaftriphora_pinkgroup2

August        NC

Pisgah National Forest

Tiny half-inch flowers at apex of a succulent green to reddish-green stem, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Triphora trianthophoros var. trianthophoros, Three Birds Orchid, Nodding Pogonia, Nodding Ettercap

Jim Fowler    jaftriphora_pinkgroup6

August        NC

Pisgah National Forest

image of Triphora trianthophoros var. trianthophoros, Three Birds Orchid, Nodding Pogonia, Nodding Ettercap

Jim Fowler    jaftriphora_white1

August        NC

Pisgah National Forest

Petals and sepals may be pure white or white tipped with pink or purple, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Triphora trianthophoros var. trianthophoros   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triphora trianthophora   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Triphora trianthophoros

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Triphora trianthophora ssp. trianthophora

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-05-001:
Triphora trianthophora   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triphora trianthophora

 

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1911

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Humid forests and swamps, rhododendron thickets, especially on rotten logs or on humus, in the mountains often under hemlock, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/ Pink (veined with purple & green)
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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