Cypella aquatilis

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Cypella aquatilis Ravenna, the Yellow Water Orchid, is native to Brazil where it grows in streams and on riverbanks. It has bright yellow flowers with recurved inner segments with a central yellowish-white streak and many minute streaks and dots. It grows to 50 cm tall. Photos from Mary Sue Ittner.

Photos 1 and 2 by Germán Roitman, 3-6 by Martin Bohnet. Photo 6 shows a bulbill which they produce in about every axilla of the flowering stem; one can see the root tip emerging.