Family: Orchidaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies (Cayman Islands, Hispaniola), Mexico, Central America and northern South America.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
NatureServe Global Status:
Apparently Secure
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: A rare terrestrial orchid in southeastern Florida in Miami-Dade County. It was discovered in the United States in 1953 by John Beckner in the Long Pine Key area of Everglades National Park (Luer 1972, Hammer 2001, Gann et al. 2002). See also, IRC’s book
Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002, page 319) and IRC's report
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015, page 82).
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: See also the North American Orchid Conservation Center's
Go Orchids website.
