Trichocentrum undulatum (Swartz) Ackerman & M.W. Chase. Common name: Spotted Mule-eared Orchid, Mule-ear Oncidium. Phenology: Apr-May (-Sep). Habitat: Epiphytic in mangrove swamps, buttonwood hammocks, tropical hammocks, cypress swamps, salt marsh/buttonwood hammock ecotones. Distribution: S. FL; West Indies; Central America and South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Other Comments: Melanagromyza miamensis (a native fly), and Diaspis boisduvalii (a widespread tropical scale), can affect plants of this species (and other Orchidaceae and Arecaceae) in s. FL (Ray et al. 2012).
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, POWO, WH3, WI; = Oncidium undulatum (Sw.) Salisb. — NS, S; ? Trichocentrum maculatum (Aubl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams — Brown (2002); Epidendrum undulatum Swartz. Basionym: Epidendrum undulatum Sw. 1788
Links to other floras: = Trichocentrum undulatum - FNA26
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Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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