Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A rather rare epiphyte in hammocks and swamps.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Epiphytic wildflower.
Height:
	About 1-2 feet in height; more when in flower. About as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Miami-Dade and Collier counties and the Monroe County mainland; West Indies, Central America and northern South America. Very rare outside of Collier County.
Habitats:
	Swamps and moist forests.
Soils:
	Epiphytic; or terrestrial in moist, well-drained humusy leaf litter, acid to neutral pH.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow on nutrient poor substrate, but needs some nutrient inputs to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist substrate and high humidity and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Light shade to moderate shade.
Flower Color:
	Bracts green to orange with white flowers.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-summer.
Fruit:
	Green to brown capsule with hairy, wind dispersed seeds.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	It is listed as endangered by the state of Florida. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).