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Epidendrum conopseum R. Br.
- Common Name: Green Fly Orchid
- Family: Orchidaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: southeastern United States
- Habitat: often found on the upper side of live oak (Quercus virginiana) branches
- Description: The green-fly orchid is rather remarkable for an epiphyte. It is frost-resistant. The orchid can be found from southern Mississippi across to north and central Florida and northward along the coast to North Carolina. An odd discontinuity exists in its range for green-flies are found in eastern Mexico. And considering that it belongs to a genus considered tropical, the green-fly is not found in southern Florida nor anywhere that does not have a cool winter.
- Culture: cool winter conditions
Restrictions:- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
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   Accession Data:- Accession # 200700173
- Source: Doug Goldman - Harvard
- Accession Date: 09-26-2007
- Bench: 3200 - Orchid Room
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 08-17-2011
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Orchidaceae
- SubFamily: Epidendroideae
- Tribe: Epidendreae
- SubTribe: Laeliinae
References:
- Killer Plant of the Week - 11/20/2006
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