Cyrtopodium punctatum (Linnaeus) Lindley. Common name: Cowhorn Orchid, Cigar Orchid. Phenology: Mar-May. Habitat: Epiphytic on trees in dome swamps, strand swamps, pine rocklands, marl prairies, buttonwood woodlands, hammocks, and along salt marsh margins of buttonwood hammocks. Distribution: S. FL; West Indies; n. South America.
ID notes: The conspicuous pseudobulbs (> 30 cm long), reminiscent of cigars, and platform-forming root masses of this species make it easily distinguishable from any other epiphytic orchid in s. FL.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, S, S13, WH3, WI, Brown (2002); Epidendrum punctatum Linnaeus. Basionym: Epidendrum punctatum L. 1759
Links to other floras: = Cyrtopodium punctatum - FNA26
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Heliophily ⓘ: 2
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