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Dragon's mouth (Arethusa bulbosa)

Description

A single pale to hot pink irregular flower atop slender stem. Three solid colored, narrow elliptical sepals, up to - inch wide and 1 to 1- inch long, are splayed erect over the flower; two petals similar to the sepals form a hood over the showy lower lip. The lower lip is first ascending then fully curved out and down revealing wrinkled edges and purple speckling with fleshy white to yellow bristles.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Arethusa