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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Oncidium ensatum Lindl.
Florida Oncidium, Rich-flowering Oncidium

Oncidium ensatum
Copyright by: Chuck McCartney, 29 May 1988
Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA

Family: Orchidaceae

Group: Monocot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies (Cuba, Bahamas), South Florida, Mexico and Central America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

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

Synonyms: Oncidium floridanum; Oncidium sphacelatum of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not Lindl.

Other data on Oncidium ensatum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Oncidium ensatum has been reported for the following 2 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Pineland

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Oncidium ensatum
Copyright by: Chuck McCartney, 29 May 1988
Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Oncidium ensatum
Copyright by: Chuck McCartney, 19 May 1996
Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Oncidium ensatum
Copyright by: Chuck McCartney, 19 May 1996
Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Oncidium ensatum
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2011
Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA
Oncidium ensatum
Copyright by: Paul Craft, 2011 with George Gann
In habitat, Belize
Oncidium ensatum
Copyright by: Paul Craft, 2011 with George Gann
In habitat, Belize
Oncidium ensatum
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer