Macradenia lutescens R. Brown. Common name: Long-gland Orchid; Trinidad Macradenia. Phenology: Oct-Nov. Habitat: Epiphytic on trees (small branches and twigs) in hammocks. Distribution: S. FL; West Indies; n. South America. Last reported in Miami-Dade County, FL in 1966.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, S, S13, WH3, WI, Brown (2002), Correll (1950), Luer (1972). Basionym: Macradenia lutescens R.Br. 1822
Links to other floras: = Macradenia lutescens - FNA26
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Heliophily ⓘ: 2
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