How about a trip to the Fakahatchee Strand?

[Swamper]

LOL did he get cut up by the saw grass?

[kasper6767]

I dont think so didnt hear anything from him about it.

[got ants]

Sorry I missed this outing, hopefully there will be another soon.

Were any of the epiphytes blooming (besides the ghosts)?

Also, did we get a solid ID on those we saw from the previous trip?



You'll see 3 different orchids in this pic, with the one on the right already ID'd (Prosthechea cochleata) but the 2 on the right we weren't sure.

It was suggested the smaller Epidendrum in the middle might be a green fly orchid, but Luer's book shows it not being this far south.

Could it be...

Epi Conopseum?

Epi Rigidum?



Longer reed stem epidendrum on the far left, could it be...

Epi Anceps?

Epi Difforme?

And lastly, has anyone seen Maxillaria Crassifolia out there?

[flhiker]

Originally Posted by got ants

Sorry I missed this outing, hopefully there will be another soon.

Were any of the epiphytes blooming (besides the ghosts)?

Also, did we get a solid ID on those we saw from the previous trip?



You'll see 3 different orchids in this pic, with the one on the right already ID'd (Prosthechea cochleata) but the 2 on the right we weren't sure.

It was suggested the smaller Epidendrum in the middle might be a green fly orchid, but Luer's book shows it not being this far south.

Could it be...

Epi Conopseum?

Epi Rigidum?



Longer reed stem epidendrum on the far left, could it be...

Epi Anceps?

Epi Difforme?

And lastly, has anyone seen Maxillaria Crassifolia out there?

Hey Brady, we will make another trip and Hopfully Susie and Eddie will make it too.
The one on the left is a Epidendrum amphistomum (dingy-flowered star orchid),
and the middle one is Epidendrum floridense (Florida star orchid) and you are correct on the third. and the fern is a Strap fern. What a place! I have seen the Maxillaria but not in flower.

[Swamper]

Hey Dave, still waiting for you to I.D. the first flower on my post brotha...

[flhiker]

Originally Posted by Swamper

Hey Dave, still waiting for you to I.D. the first flower on my post brotha...

Spiranthes laciniata (lace-lipped ladies' tresses)

[Swamper]

Thank you sir. It was great having you around naming stuff. Where's Justin and those great pics he took?

[got ants]

Originally Posted by flhiker

The one on the left is a Epidendrum amphistomum (dingy-flowered star orchid),
and the middle one is Epidendrum floridense (Florida star orchid) and you are correct on the third. and the fern is a Strap fern. What a place! I have seen the Maxillaria but not in flower.

Further research using Carlyle A. Luer's book THE NATIVE ORCHIDS OF FLORIDA, and the internet brings me to this...

Epi Anceps is synonymous with Epi Amphistomom. (Luer's book)

And Epi Floridense is just a slight variation of Epi Difforme (orchidspecies.com)

There is no mention of Epi Floridense in Carl A. Luer's book.

[got ants]

Additionally, looking at the pics ib Luer's book, they are more than likely pictures of Floridense,

From orchidspecies.om

Epi Difforme
IOSPE PHOTOS

Epi Floridense
IOSPE PHOTOS

[got ants]

Lastly, from orchidspecies.com

Epi floridense. This species found in the USA has in the past mostly been refered to as Epidendrum anceps but differs in the larger plant, the flower color and the bilobed lip.