Family: Orchidaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the Greater Antilles, Mexico, Central America and northern South America.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
NatureServe Global Status:
Apparently Secure
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Presumed Extirpated or Extinct
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Presumed Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Assumed to be Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as presumed extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002, pp 57-58) based on a single population in what is now the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park. Discovered in 1956, this was nearly wiped out by 1966 and last reported in the wild in 1972. It has not been rediscovered despite more than 300 surveys conducted by Mike Owen and others from 1993 to 2022.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Assumed to be Cultivated
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