Family: Orchidaceae
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Group: Monocot
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                   Terrestrial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Herb
					 
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Native Range: Southeastern United States, the West Indies, Mexico and Central America.
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
NatureServe Global Status:
					
                                    Apparently Secure
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
					
                                    Rare
					
              
                
                
				
                                     
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
                                    
				
                                    SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Present
			      
                                    
                                    
		    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Native
                                    
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Not Cultivated
					
                                    
                                    
	            
                                    
Comments: In peninsular Florida, south to the Miami Rock Ridge and adjacent prairies, incuding the Long Pine Key area of Everglades National Park, and then disjuct to Big Pine Key in the lower Florida Keys.
                                    
                                    
				
          
            FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
          
				  
					Possibly Extirpated
			      
				  
				  
		      
            
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
					
            			Possibly Extirpated
	            	
					
					
				
              
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
					
						Possibly Extirpated
					
					
					
                                   
				
                                      
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
                                    
				
          Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 
1913 by John Kunkel Small for pinelands in the lower Keys.  We consider this native to but possibly extirpated on Big Pine Key in the lower Keys.