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FamilyScientific Name Common NameHabitatDistributionImage
OrchidaceaeEpidendrum conopseumGreen-fly OrchidEpiphytic on limbs of trees, especially Magnolia grandiflora, Quercus virginiana, and Taxodium spp., in blackwater river swamps, tidal freshwater swamps, and mesic hardwood hammocks, usually on relatively horizontal limbs mixed with Pleopeltis michauxiana, also rarely in crevices of Altamaha Grit outcrops.The northernmost epiphytic orchid: se. NC south to c. peninsular FL, west to w. LA; disjunct in ne. Mexico (Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas). All other species of Epidendrum in the flora are limited to c. and s. FL. It is locally rather common, but rarely seen as it occurs primarily in blackwater swamps, on upper limbs of Taxodium, Nyssa, Planera, and other trees, typically mixed with Pleopeltis. See Correll (1936) for additional discussion of this species at its northern limit.image of plant
OrchidaceaeEpidendrum acunaeGalé’s Star Orchid, Acuña’s Star OrchidEpiphytic on trees in strand swamps.S. FL; West Indies; Mexico (CHP, OAX) and Central America. Last seen in our region in 1974, in Collier County, FL.
OrchidaceaeEpidendrum amphistomumDingy-flowered Star Orchid; Dingy-flowered EpidendrumEpiphytic on a wide variety of trees in strand swamps. One of the most common epiphytic orchids in s. FL swamps.S. FL; West Indies (Cuba).image of plant
OrchidaceaeEpidendrum floridenseUmbrella Star OrchidEpiphytic on trees in swamps.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)image of plant
OrchidaceaeEpidendrum nocturnumNight-scented Orchid, Night-scented Epidendrum, Night-blooming EpidendrumEpiphytic on trees in dome swamps, strand swamps, sloughs, and rockland hammocks.S. FL; West Indies; Mexico Central America and n. South America.image of plant
OrchidaceaeEpidendrum rigidumStiff-flowered Star Orchid, Rigid EpidendrumEpiphytic on trees in dome swamps, strand swamps, sloughs, and rockland hammocks.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.image of plant
OrchidaceaeEpidendrum strobiliferumMatted Epidendrum, Big Cypress Star OrchidEpiphytic on trees in strand swamps and sloughs.S. FL; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America.image of plant
OrchidaceaeEpidendrum radicansFire Star Orchid, Crucifix OrchidDisturbed areas, escaped from cultivation. Epiphytic and terrestrial.Native of Central and South America.image of plant

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