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Camaridium micranthum M.A. Blanco. Common name: Purple Tiger Orchid, Mini-max. Phenology: Sep-Nov. Habitat: Epiphytic in swamps on bark of Fraxinus cubensis. Distribution: S. FL (Fakahatchee Strand, Collier County); West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America. Discovered in Collier County, FL in 1975; last seen in 1990 and presumed extirpated (R. Hammer, pers.comm. 2022).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, WI, Ormerod (2013); = Maxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay — FNA26, NS, POWO, WH3, Brown (2002), Schuiteman & Chase (2015); > Maxillaria conferta (Griseb.) C.Schweinf. ex León. Basionym: Camaridium micranthum M.A.Blanco 2007 "Urbasionym:" Scaphyglottis parviflora Poepp. & Endl. 1835 [1836]

Links to other floras: = Maxillaria parviflora - FNA26

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