Family: Orchidaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
NatureServe Global Status:
Apparently Secure
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
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.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
A Doubtfull Record
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Reported only for Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park (Anon, s.n.; Anon, 1983; Florida Park Service, 1997). This species is only known from a very restricted range on the South Florida mainland. Possibly the Lignumvitae Key reports referred to cultivated plants.
