Prosthechea pygmaea (Hooker) W.E. Higgins. clade: clade G. Common name: Dwarf Butterfly Orchid. Phenology: Oct-Feb; Feb-May. Habitat: Epiphytic in sloughs typically on bark of Annona glabra and sometimes Fraxinus cubensis. Distribution: S. FL (Collier County [rare]); West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, WH3, WI, Brown (2002); = Encyclia pygmaea (Hook.) Dressler — Luer (1975); = Epidendrum pygmaeum Hook. — Correll (1950); = Hormidium pygmaeum (Hook.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. — S; < Hormidium tripterum Cogniart — S13. Basionym: Epidendrum pygmaeum Hook. 1833
Links to other floras: = Prosthechea pygmaea - FNA26
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Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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