Night Scented Orchid

Epidendrum nocturnum

Native to FloridaImperiled

At a glance

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Epidendrum
Status: Native to Florida
Conservation: Imperiled in Florida (S2)
Sightings: 440 verified in Florida
Formerly: Epidendrum bahiense

About

Epidendrum nocturnum (the "nocturnal epidendrum") is the type species of the genus Epidendrum of the Orchidaceae (Orchid family).

The species occurs in Florida, Bahamas, West Indies, Belize, Central America to northern Brazil and the Guyanas. Epidendrum nocturnum is common in South Florida.

It is usually autogamous (flowers self-pollinate) and sometimes cleistogamous (flowers self-pollinate before they open).

The haploid chromosome number of E. nocturnum has been determined as n = 20. The diploid chromosome number has been determined both as 2n = 40 and as 2n = 80.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Epidendrum nocturnum”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it grows in Florida

PanhandleNorthCentralSouth Keys

South: Broward, Collier, Hendry, Lee, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach
Keys: Monroe

7 of 67 counties, from research-grade iNaturalist observations. They show where people have photographed it, not every place it grows — absence here isn't proof it's absent.