Epidendrum floridense Hágsater. Umbrella Star Orchid. Phen: (Jan-) Aug-Nov (-Dec). Hab: Epiphytic on trees in swamps. Dist: S. FL (rarely c. peninsular FL); West Indies (Cuba, Hispaniola). Perhaps now restricted to s. FL, historically in c. FL (K. Delaney 105) and on Torry Island Hammocks of Lake Okeechobee (J.K. Small 4175)
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Formerly often included in the more widespread E. difforme.
Synonymy: = FNA26, K3, K4, WH3, WI; < Amphiglottis difformis (Jacq.) Britton – S, misapplied (more broadly circumscribed); < Epidendrum difforme Jacq. – S13, Correll (1950), misapplied (more broadly circumscribed)
Heliophily: 1
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