Family: Orchidaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America 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: This is extremely rare in South Florida and currently known only from Everglades National Park, where it is declining (see e.g.,
Borrero et al. 2023). It was
petitioned for federal listing by the Center for Biological Diversity in 2010. In 2020, the US Fish and Wildlife Service
determined that federal listing was not warranted.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: See also the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Species Profile, IRC’s report
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015; 115), and Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).
Synonyms: Oncidium luridum.
