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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Epidendrum rigidum Jacq.
Stiff-flower star orchid (Florida Atlas, PLANTS)

Epidendrum rigidum
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Orchidaceae

Group: Monocot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Epiphyte

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, South Florida, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Synonyms: Spathiger rigidus.

Other data on Epidendrum rigidum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Epidendrum rigidum has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice

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Epidendrum rigidum
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Epidendrum rigidum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Epidendrum rigidum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Epidendrum rigidum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton