Log In
New Account
Sitemap
Home
Specimen Search
Search Collections
Map Search
Exsiccati Search
Images
Image Library
Search Images
Inventories
State Floras
Kentucky Flora
Dynamic Tools
Dynamic Checklist
Dynamic Key
Epidendrum magnoliae
Muhl.
Family:
Orchidaceae
Green Fly Orchid
[
Epidendrum conopseum var. mexicanum
L.O.Williams]
FNA
Resources
Eric Hágsater in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Plants cespitose, 4.5-38 cm. Roots basal, 3-5 mm diam. Stems unbranched, straight, terete, 2-5 cm. Leaves 2-3, near apex of stem; petiole to 1.5 cm; blade narrowly elliptic, 1-9.5 × 0.4-1.3 cm, nearly leathery, apex acute. Inflorescences erect, racemose, 3-26 cm; peduncle 2-10 cm; bracts triangular, to 1/2 length of ovary, 12-18 mm, apex acuminate. Flowers 6-14, spread along apical 1/2 of inflorescence, resupinate, simultaneous, pale green to bronze-colored; sepals wide open, narrowly obovate, 5-veined, 6-11 × 2-3 mm, margins revolute, apex obtuse; petals narrowly oblanceolate, 1-veined, 6-11 × 1-2 mm, apex rounded; lip base cordate, 3-lobed, middle lobe triangular, apex rounded to slightly notched, 2-callose, with low midrib, 4-6 × 5-7 mm, lateral lobes semiorbiculate; column 11-12 mm; clinandrium hood erose, covering anther; anther ovate, with low keel along front; ovary 12-18 mm. Capsules ellipsoid; pedicel 7-11 mm; body 14-23; beak 5 mm.
Flowering Jun--Jan, sporadically in fall; fruiting Oct--Jan. Evergreen and deciduous woodlands; 0--100 m; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C.; Mexico (Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas).
The flowers of Epidendrum magnoliae produce a sweet-oily fragrance, especially at night.
Open Interactive Map
Click to Display
100 Initial Images
- - - - -
View All Images
This project made possible by
National Science Foundation Award 1410069
Powered by
Symbiota
.