The flowers are borne in a loose panicle comprising 5 10 flowers; each flower has deflexed sepals, surrounding five white petals, long, with two yellow or red spots near the base.
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A more slender line of white on the extreme costal margin from near the base is deflexed about the middle of the costal margin, and runs very obliquely outwards, ending slightly beyond and above the end of the central streak.
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She provides a number of distinguishing features, which include the auriculate nature of the leaves, the bright purple colour of the flowers rather than the paler colours of " R . purpurea ", the relatively shorter white lateral staminodes of " R . auriculata ", and the latter's deflexed ( bent back ) labellum.
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The two plants are not only similar in appearance, but also grow in similar habitats, although they may be told apart in the following manner : " P . palustre " has hollow, often purplish stems, pinnatifid leaf lobes and deflexed bracteoles; while " S . carvifolia " has solid, greenish stems, entire or sometimes lobed leaf-lobes and erecto-patent bracteoles.
