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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Prosthechea cochleata (L.) W.E. Higgins
Shell orchid

Prosthechea cochleata
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 northern South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Synonyms: Anacheilium cochleatum, Encyclia cochleata, Epidendrum cochleatum.

Other data on Prosthechea cochleata available from :

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

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Prosthechea cochleata
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Prosthechea cochleata
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Prosthechea cochleata
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Prosthechea cochleata
Copyright by: Shirley Denton