OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Orthochilus ecristatus   FAMILY Orchidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pteroglossaspis ecristata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Orthochilus ecristatus

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

Pteroglossaspis ecristata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Pteroglossaspis ecristata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-21-001:

Eulophia ecristata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Triorchos ecristatus

 

COMMON NAME:
Spiked Medusa, Crestless Plume Orchid, Smooth-lipped Eulophia, Non-crested Eulophia


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image of Orthochilus ecristatus, Spiked Medusa, Crestless Plume Orchid, Smooth-lipped Eulophia, Non-crested Eulophia

Jim Fowler    jafpte_000d

August-September    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

One of the rarest orchids in our region, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Orthochilus ecristatus   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pteroglossaspis ecristata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Orthochilus ecristatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Pteroglossaspis ecristata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pteroglossaspis ecristata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-21-001:
Eulophia ecristata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triorchos ecristatus

 

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2148

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic pinelands with blackjack oak, other longleaf pine sandhills and dry-mesic to mesic longleaf pinelands, also (southwards) in spodosol wet-mesic pine flatwoods, dry-prairies, and disturbed wet pastures, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purplish-brown
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
Capsule

 

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