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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Epidendrum conopseum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.
Learn more about Green-fly Orchid from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Epidendrum magnoliae var. magnoliae
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Epidendrum magnoliae
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Epidendrum conopseum var. conopseum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Epidendrum conopseum var. mexicanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-17-001:
Epidendrum conopseum FAMILY Orchidaceae
COMMON NAME:
Green-fly Orchid
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Jim Fowler jaf_emagnoliae_g4
July-September Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
1" flowers usually green or yellow-green with touches of purplish-green, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Jerry Bright jeb_mg_1506
August Marion County SC
Woodbury Wildlife Management Area
The dark evergreen leathery leaves are 1-4" long and about 1/2" wide, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeconopseum_biedler1
Month Unknown SC
Francis Biedler Forest
Most orchid species worldwide are epiphytic, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeconopseum_biedler1b
Month Unknown SC
Francis Biedler Forest
Epiphytic not parasitic: its host gives structural support not nourishment, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Epidendrum conopseum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Epidendrum magnoliae var. magnoliae
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Epidendrum magnoliae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Epidendrum conopseum var. conopseum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Epidendrum conopseum var. mexicanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-17-001:
Epidendrum conopseum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Epiphytic on limbs of trees, especially Magnolia grandiflora, Quercus virginiana, and Taxodium spp., in blackwater river swamps and mesic hardwood hammocks, usually on relatively horizontal limbs mixed with Pleopeltis michauxiana, also rarely in crevices of Altamaha Grit outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Grayish-green / Yellowish-green
with touches of purplish-green on petal tips
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p230
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p293
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p415
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p220
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p125
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p180
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p056