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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
  6. Orchids
  7. Lower Epidendroideae
  8. Epidendreae

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Epidendreae

Epidendreae

Includes
24 native 3 introduced 14 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Calypsoinae 9 native
  • Cattleya Alliance Orchids 8 native
  • Bletiinae 7 native
  • Agrostophyllinae
  • Ponerinae
  • Pleurothallids

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native Epidendreae All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Northern Coralroot Corallorhiza trifida food 4
  • Pacific Coralroot Corallorhiza mertensiana food 1
  • Crane-fly Orchid Tipularia discolor flowers 2
  • Pine Pink Bletia purpurea flowers 2
  • Spotted Coralroot Corallorhiza maculata flowers 1
  • Fairy-slipper Calypso bulbosa flowers 1
  • Putty Root Aplectrum hyemale flowers 1
  • Florida Butterfly Orchid Encyclia tampensis flowers 1
  • Night Scented Orchid Epidendrum nocturnum flowers 1
  • Striped Coralroot Corallorhiza striata
  • Spring Coralroot Corallorhiza wisteriana
  • Autumn Coralroot Corallorhiza odontorhiza
  • Greenfly Orchid Epidendrum conopseum
  • Crested Coralroot Bletia spicata
  • Stiff Flower Star Orchid Epidendrum rigidum
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