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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 4 to 6 inches
Plant Spread: 6 to 12 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Green
Other: Pale greenish- yellow to greenish-purple
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Corm
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Corms
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Cranefly Orchid
  • Crippled Crane Fly Orchid
  • Crippled Cranefly
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tipularia discolor
  • Synonym: Tipularia unifolia

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Location: White Pine nature preserve, Chatham county, North Carolina
Date: February 19, 2023
Crane fly orchid #250 vintage #5. RAB page 359, 49-16-1. AG page
Location: Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve at the Bethesda Road (Equestrian trail area), Southern Pines, NC.
Date: February 8, 2023
Crane fly orchid #250 vintage #5. RAB page 359, 49-16-1. AG page
Location: B. Everett Jordan Dam/lake park Chatham county, North Carolina
Date: 2023-02-03
Crane fly orchid #250 (vintage #5); RAB p. 359, 49-16-1. AG p. 49
Location: Southern Pines, NC (Weymouth Woods Sandhills nature preserve)
Date: August 13, 1984
Crane fly orchid #250 (vintage #5);  RAB p. 359, 49-16-1. AG p. 4
Location: Macon GA
Date: July
single bloom

Date: 2011-04-16
photo credit: TheAlphaWolf
Location: Macon GA
Date: winter
clump
Uploaded by robertduval14

photo credit: TheAlphaWolf

Date: 2011-04-16
photo credit: TheAlphaWolf

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield
Location: McEwen TN
Date: 2014-08-19
Location: McLean, VA
Date: 2018-03-25
Photographed in Scott's Run Nature Preserve, McLean, VA in late M

photo credit: Darren Bedwell
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2011-11-08

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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