| Positive | NativePlantFan9 | On Jan 16, 2005, NativePlantFan9 from Boca Raton, FL (Zone 10a) wrote: This epithytic orchid, which grows up the sides and on the trunks of trees, is one of the most frequently seen species of Epidendrums in Florida. It is often encountered growing on the stumps and logs of trees such as pond apple, pop ash, live oak, bald cypress, pond cypress and others throughout the hammocks, cypress swamps and swamps throughout the southern counties of Florida. It has small, easily overlooked, green to greenish-yellow flowers. It has been found in Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Collier, Lee and Hendry counties. It often forms mats up the sides of trees and on the trunks and stumps of trees in the cypress swamps and hammocks, although it is usually seen in just a few stems. Due to habitat destruction, this orchid is sadly listed as endangered by the state of Florida. The leaves are long and elliptic, with a slightly curved edge.
MORE FACTS - Grows in zones 9b, 10a and 10b. |
