Family: Orchidaceae
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Group: Monocot
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                    Epiphyte
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Herb
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Native Range: Southeastern Unite States south to central Florida (Highlands County).
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                     
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
                                    
                                    
                                    State of Florida Status:
					
                                    Commercially Exploited
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Assumed to be Present
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Not Native, Cultivated Only
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
South Florida History and Distribution: Reported for Everglades National Park (Reimus 1996, 1999), but this was apparently based on cultivated plants introduced to the park by Frank Craighead (R. Hammer 2014 in Gann 2015). 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Assumed to be Cultivated