Family: Orchidaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, Greater Antilles (not Jamaica), Central America and South America.
NatureServe Global Status:
Secure
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: This was ranked as imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002), but was re-ranked in 2013 based on a reassessment of the number of plants and occurrences confirmed as present (see
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park, Gann 2015: p 104). It was also ranked as presumed extirpated in the Monroe County Keys, but was rediscovered there in 2017 at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000) and visit our
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Collected once in 1916 on Key Largo by John Kunkel Small (7476 NY) and reported but never verified for Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park (Hammer 1995, Florida Park Service 1997). Recently rediscovered at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (T. Ferraro, email comm. 2015).
