Trichocentrum carthagenense (Jacquin) M.W. Chase & N.H. Williams. Common name: Spread-eagle Orchid. Phenology: Apr-Sep. Habitat: Epiphytic in mangroves. Distribution: S. FL; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and n. South America. Not seen in FL since collected by J.K. Small south of Coot's Bay Hammock on 1 April 1916. Sometimes also considered a false report, based on confusion over the provenance of the plant from which the specimen was made (see FNA).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, POWO, WH3, Brown (2002); = Lophiaris carthagenensis (Jacq.) Braem — FNA26, not formally treated; = Oncidium carthagenense (Jacq.) Sw. — NS, Correll (1950), Luer (1972); = Oncidium carthaginense Sw. — S; Epidendrum carthagenense Jacquin. Basionym: Epidendrum carthagenense Jacq. 1760
Links to other floras: = Lophiaris carthagenensis - FNA26
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Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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