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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Encyclia altissima Schltr.
Christmas orchid, Tall Encyclia

Family: Orchidaceae

Group: Monocot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Epiphyte

Native Status: Native

Native Range: Endemic to the West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola).

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website.

Synonyms: Encyclia hodgeana; Encyclia diurna of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), in part, not Jacq.

Other data on Encyclia altissima available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Encyclia altissima has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Pineland