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Epidendrum rigidum Jacquin. Common name: Stiff-flowered Star Orchid, Rigid Epidendrum. Phenology: Oct-May (-Sep). Habitat: Epiphytic on trees in dome swamps, strand swamps, sloughs, and rockland hammocks. Distribution: S. FL; West Indies; Bermuda; South America. This species is similarly as common as E. amphistomum in sloughs and swamps of s. FL but slightly less widespread.

ID notes: Epidendrum rigidum is distinct in having green-colored flowers arranged along a conspicuous, distichous inflorescence. A persistent (marcescent) perianth can often be seen on ovoid capsules.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy : = Bah, FNA26, K3, K4, WI; = Spathiger rigidus (Jacq.) Small – S; < Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. – S13, WH3, Brown (2002), Correll (1950), Luer (1975)

Links to other floras: = Epidendrum rigidum - FNA26

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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Epidendrum rigidum, Fakahatchee Strand, The Cathedral, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Collier County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Epidendrum rigidum, Cathedral Area, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Collier County, Florida 5 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷

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