Copyright by: Sarah Martin, 2014
In habitat, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Family: Orchidaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies and 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:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002; pp 420-422) based on occurrences in two conservation areas in Miami-Dade County: Camp Owaissa Bauer and Everglades National Park. Plants at Camp Owaissa Bauer have not been observed in many years and it is possibly extirpated there. However, it was photographed on private property in Miami-Dade County in 2014, discovered in Broward County by Pat Howell in 2009 (
1103 USF), and by Fernando Rocha Vento and colleagues in Palm Beach County in 2022.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: See also, IRC’s report
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015), page 86 and Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).
