Epidendrum conopseum

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Family:ORCHIDACEAE
Species:Epidendrum conopseum R. Br.
Common Name:Green Fly Orchid
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Green Fly Orchid is a native evergreen herbaceous perennial in the Orchid family (Orchidaceae). It is native to the southern third of Alabama. Green Fly Orchid is an epiphyte (a plant that grows on another plant but is not a parasite) that grows primarily on Southern Magnolia trees overhanging streams and rivers. It is sometimes also found on Live Oak, Bald Cypress, Swamp Black Gum, or American Beech trees. Green Fly Orchid is cespitose, forming mats of creeping stems. The roots are thick and covered in a layer called the vellum. The vellum is greenish in color and adheres tightly to the bark of the tree. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, elliptic in outline, with entire margins. The leaves are thick and leathery and dark green in color. Flowers are produced in racemes of 6-14 flowers. The individual flowers have 3 sepals and 2 petals that are oblanceolate to spatulate in outline, and one petal that forms the lip. The lip is 3-lobed at the apex. The flowers are greenish-yellow in color, sometimes with a faint purple cast. The flowers are fragrant. The fruit is a capsule with many small dust-like seed. Green Fly Orchid is listed as an S3 species in Alabama (typically 21 to 100 occurrences, limited acreage, or miles of stream in the state.), and globally as a G4 species (imperiled globally because of rarity (6 - 20 occurrences, or few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors). Green Fly Orchid is available from some nurseries that specialize in species orchids. It can be grown attached to drift wood or a slab of cork bark.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:Although an earlier name, Epidendrum magnoliae Muhlenberg appears to be invalid as required descriptive language was not included by Muhlenberg in the publication. Because E. magnoliae is invalid, the oldest published name in accordance to the rules of botanical nomenclature is E. conospeum R. Br. as treated here. (Franck in Weakley et al. 2018).--B.R. Keener
Status:Native, S3 (State Rank), G4 (Global Rank)
References:Franck, A.R. 2018. Epidendrum magnoliae is an invalid name and E. conopseum should be maintained in usage in Weakley, A.S., D.B. Poindexter, R.J. LeBlond, B.A. Sorrie, E.L. Bridges, S.L. Orzell, A.R. Franck, M. Schori, B.R. Keener, A.R. Diamond, Jr., A.J. Floden, and R.D. Noyes. 2018. New combinations, rank changes, and nomenclatural and taxonomic comments in the vascular flora of the southeastern United States. III. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 12: 27-67.
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyORCHIDACEAE - Orchid family
Genus Epidendrum
Species Epidendrum conopseum R. Br. - Green Fly Orchid

Citation

Citation Epidendrum conopseum R. Brown, Hortus Kew. ed. 2 [W.T. Aiton] 5: 219. 1813.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: FLORIDA

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Amphiglottis conopsea    
Epidendrum magnoliae Epidendrum magnoliae Muhlenberg, Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept. 81. 1813.  

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Escambia, Henry, Mobile, Pike

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_66995 Baldwin 12 Apr 2007 Hansen, Curtis J.
2927		 AUA
Epidendrum Conopseum Ait. F.
AUA_ACC_58070 Barbour 12 Jul 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11307		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
AUA_ACC_49196 Henry 31 Mar 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4330		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
AMAL00016934 Baldwin 12 Apr 2007 Hansen, Curtis J.
2927		 AMAL
Epidendrum magnoliae Muhl.
AUA_ACC_56520 Coffee 13 Jun 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10327		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
AUA_ACC_58452 Baldwin 16 Jul 1996 Tucker, Jr., James W.
 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
AUA_ACC_43477 Conecuh 20 Mar 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
239		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
AUA_ACC_52417 Covington 1 Feb 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9006		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
AUA_ACC_52414 Escambia 6 Mar 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9019		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
AUA_ACC_51970 Dale 16 Jul 1993 Diamond, Alvin R.
8729		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
UWAL0005068 Conecuh 16 Feb 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18709		 UWAL
Epidendrum magnoliae Muhlenberg
AUA_ACC_51305 Dale 21 Jul 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7603		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
AUA_ACC_48854 Covington 18 Mar 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4248		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
AUA_ACC_55050 Pike 7 Aug 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9798		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
TROY000029634 Dale 28 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19857		 TROY
Epidendrum magnoliae Muhlenberg
AUA_ACC_50829 Dale 27 Jul 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8369		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
TROY000011347 Pike 10 Aug 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13530		 TROY
Epidendrum magnoliae Muhlenberg
AUA_ACC_49783 Escambia 19 Mar 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4260		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
AUA_ACC_55051 Crenshaw 7 Aug 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9799		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
TROY000011344 Butler 28 Jul 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12561		 TROY
Epidendrum magnoliae Muhlenberg
AUA_ACC_50268 Covington 3 Jan 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7203		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
UNA00008426 Mobile _ Jul 1872 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Epidendrum magnoliae Muhl.
TROY000011345 Coffee 05 Nov 1999 Martin, Brian H.
342		 TROY
Epidendrum magnoliae Muhlenberg
AUA_ACC_50901 Covington 7 Aug 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7617		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
TROY000029622 Baldwin 24 Mar 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
580		 TROY
Epidendrum magnoliae Muhlenberg
AUA_ACC_51890 Covington 25 Jul 1993 Diamond, Alvin R.
8733		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
AUA_ACC_65795 Baldwin 8 Apr 2005 Birkhead, Roger
S.N.		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
TROY000027714 Covington 20 Nov 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20467		 TROY
Epidendrum magnoliae Muhlenberg
TROY000011346 Conecuh 16 Feb 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18709		 TROY
Epidendrum magnoliae Muhlenberg
AUA_ACC_50904 Conecuh 7 Aug 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7615		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
UNA00059241 Pike 10 Aug 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13530		 UNA
Epidendrum magnoliae Muhl.
UWAL0044268 Baldwin 21 Jul 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
858		 UWAL
Epidendrum magnoliae Muhl.
AMAL00015086 Conecuh 16 Feb 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18709		 AMAL
Epidendrum magnoliae Muhl.
ALNHS00004838 Baldwin 11 May 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3108		 ALNHS
Epidendrum conopseum Ait.
AUA000030341 Covington 6 May 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5030		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
AUA_ACC_58072 Henry 12 Jul 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11308		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
AUA_ACC_51972 Covington 5 Jul 1993 Diamond, Alvin R.
8726		 AUA
Epidendrum Magnoliae Muhl.
AMAL00001296 Baldwin 28 Apr 2001 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11024		 AMAL
Epidendrum magnoliae Muhl.
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