Family: Orchidaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Vine
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida and the Greater Antilles (not Jamaica).
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
NatureServe Global Status:
Vulnerable
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Not listed
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Presumed Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as possibly extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002; pp 180-182) based on several collections and observations between 1903 and 1944 from Brickell Hammock in downtown Miami and the Flamingo area of Everglades National Park. No new records are known.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: See also, IRC’s report
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015), page 120.
