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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Fruit: Other: Small elliptical capsule containing numerous dust-like seeds
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Other: Fragrance is heaviest at night
Flower Color: Green
Other: Pale green to yellowish-green, sometimes with bronze overlay
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Miscellaneous: Epiphytic

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Common names
  • Greenfly Orchid
  • Orchid
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Epidendrum conopseum
  • Synonym: Epidendrum magnoliae

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Uploaded by BigBill
Location: my garden, Sarasota FL
Date: 2013-08-11
Location: My Garden
Date: 2012-07-24
Location: my garden, Sarasota FL
Date: 2014-08-02
For size ref the leaves are less than 2in. long
Uploaded by dyzzypyxxy
Comments:
  • Posted by dyzzypyxxy (Sarasota, Fl) on Mar 16, 2014 9:46 PM concerning plant:
    A tiny native orchid here in central Florida. Flowers are amazingly fragrant and bloom through summer. The plants grow on the branches of Live Oaks, and are also found on the ground on rotting logs, in company with the native Resurrection Fern.

    The flowers are less than 1/2 in. across but they announce themselves when they are open by the lovely perfume.

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