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Orchidaceae
Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum pachyrachis (A. Richard) Grisebach. Common name: Rat-tailed Orchid, Rat-tail Orchid. Phenology: Nov-Dec. Habitat: Sloughs, epiphytic on Annona glabra. Distribution: S. Florida (Collier County); West Indies (Greater Antilles); Mexico, Central America, and n. South America. A few remnant plants were last seen growing wild in the United States in 1972 by Carlyle Luer "secreted away in some inaccessible niche" in Collier County, FL.

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ID notes: A highly distinct, pendant spike with sessile flowers makes this epiphytic orchid unique in the flora.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, NS, WH3, WI; = Bulbophyllum pinelianum (A. Richard) Ormerod — POWO; Pleurothallis pachyrachis A. Richard. Basionym: Pleurothallis pachyrachis A.Rich. 1850

Links to other floras: = Bulbophyllum pachyrachis - FNA26

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