General Landscape Uses:
Epiphyte on hardwood trees
Description: Epiphytic herb with flattened pseudobulbs and attractive flowers
Dimensions: 4-6 inches; to 1 foot when in flower
Growth Rate: Slow
Range:
Florida, West Indies, and Central America
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Trees of edges of rockland hammocks and in tidal marshes
Soils: Epiphytic
Nutritional Requirements: Low
Salt Water Tolerance: Low
Salt Wind Tolerance: Low
Drought Tolerance: Low
Light Requirements: Light shade
Flower Color: Greenish-yellow with purplish brown spots
Flower Characteristics: Showy
Flowering Season: Summer-fall
Fruit: Angled capsule with dust-like seeds
Wildlife and Ecology: Plants in South Florida are self-pollinating
Horticultural Notes: Primarily grown from seed in a sterilized flask.
References: Hammer 2004
Comments: It is listed as endangered by the state of Florida. It was historically much pilfered from the wild by orchid collectors. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).
Horticultural synonyms: Encyclia boothiana var. erythronioides.
