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Polystachya concreta (Jacquin) Garay & H.R. Sweet. Common name: Greater Yellowspike Orchid, Yellow Helmet Orchid. Phenology: (Jan-) Sep-Dec. Habitat: Epiphytic in swamps, sloughs, strands, and wet hammocks. Distribution: C. and s. FL; West Indies; possibly also in Mexico, Central America, and the Old World tropics, depending on the very uncertain circumscription of the species.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy : = Bah, FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, WH3, Brown (2002); = Polystachya luteola (Sw.) Hook. — Correll (1950), illegitimate; < Polystachya flavescens (Blume) J.J.Sm. — Luer (1975), misapplied; > Polystachya minuta (Aubl.) Britton — S, S13; Epidendrum concretum Jacquin — (basionym)

Links to other floras: = Polystachya concreta - FNA26

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