Tipularia discolor, the crippled cranefly or crane-fly orchid, is a perennial terrestrial woodland orchid, a member of the family Orchidaceae. It is the only species of the genus Tipularia found in North America. It occurs in the southeastern United States from Texas to Florida, the range extending north into the Ohio Valley and along the Appalachians as far north as the Catskills. There are also isolated populations in Massachusetts and in the Great Lakes region.
Crane fly orchids
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A crane fly orchid in bloom
USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab / Flickr
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The leaf of a crane-fly orchid
Judy Gallagher / Wikimedia Commons
