Encyclia rufa (Lindley) Britton & Millspaugh. Rufous Butterfly Orchid. Phen: May. Hab: Epiphytic or epilithic in maritime hammocks. Dist: Ec. Peninsular FL; Bahamas. Last collected (apparently wild-growing) in 1926 by J.K. Small in a Brevard County hammock near Melbourne (Eau Gallie); nativity is uncertain.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, FNA26, K3, K4, WH3, WI, Brown (2002)
Links to other floras: = Encyclia rufa - FNA26
Heliophily ⓘ: 2
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