Liparis loeselii
 
Loesel's TwayBlade

Ovary and Column, Side

South of Hudson Bay
26-June-2019

There are four packages (pollinia) of pollen grains near the apex of the column, overtopped by a terminal anther cap.  The pollinia can be seen in this specimen nestled between and protruding just above the two column wings.

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Liparis: Answers to key questions in Lilies, Irises & Orchids of Saskatchewan by Vernon L. Harms and Anna L. Leighton leading to this genus. The answers are in the order you would normally work through the key. 
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Plants green, with at least some green leaf-blades, these sometimes early withering or late developing; flowering stems green (pale pink to purplish-red in Calypso bulbosa), bearing sheathing bracts in some species; rootstocks not coral-like; capsules spreading to erect (occasionally drooping when old); NOT [Plants non-green saprophytes lacking leaf-blades; flowering stems yellowish to purplish-red or brown (pale greenish-yellow in C. trifid), bearing sheathing bracts; rhizomes rootless, coral-like in their branching; capsules drooping]

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Flowers 3 or more in a spike-like inflorescence, small, often inconspicuous; lip usually less than 1 cm long, but if longer, neither inflated nor broad and flat; NOT [Flowers 1 to 2 per stalk (occasionally more in Cypripedium reginae and C. montanum), large, showy; lip 1 cm long or longer, either inflated or broad and flat]

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Lip not spurred; NOT [Lip spurred (spur short and bag-like in Coeloglossum  viride)]

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Leaves 2, paired either at base of stem or attached midway up stem; NOT [Leaves solitary or several, but not paired]

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Leaf pair arising at stem base, blades longer (up to 18 cm long), narrower, tapering at base, keeled and conspicuously sheathing stem below; lip not notched or cleft at tip; stems arising from pseudobulbs; NOT [Leaf pair attached midway up stem, leaves +/- opposite to each other; blades at most 6 cm long, ovate-elliptic, cordate or deltate, not keeled or sheathing; lip notched or 2-cleft at tip; stems arising from slender roots; pseudobulbs lacking]

 

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Orchidaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family. 
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plants NOT aquatic

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flowers irregular; NOT [flowers regular]

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perianth present, conspicuous, in two series of 3 segments, often brightly colored; NOT [perianth absent or inconspicuous]

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perianth usually large, consisting of sepals and petals usually alike, variously colored; NOT [perianth small, consisting of 3 green sepals and 3 whitish petals]

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petals NOT deciduous

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stamens 1 or 2; NOT [stamens 3 or 6]