Family: Orchidaceae
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Group: Monocot
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                    Epiphyte
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Herb
					 
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America.
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
NatureServe Global Status:
					
                                    Apparently Secure
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
State of Florida Status:
					
                                    Endangered
					
                                    
                                    
				
          
            Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
          
					
                                    Imperiled
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
					
                                    Imperiled
					
              
                
                
				
                                     
Map of South Florida Locations
                                    
				
                                    SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Present
			      
                                    
                                    
		    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Native
                                    
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Cultivated
					
                                    
                                    
	            
                                    
Comments: Visit our 
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's 
 Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).
                                    
                                    
				
          
            Synonyms:
           Anacheilium cochleatum, Encyclia cochleata.
          
					
				
          
            FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
          
				  
						Reported
				  
				  
				  
		      
                                      
Map of Florida Keys Locations
                                    
				
          Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 
1913  by John Kunkel Small for hammocks in the upper Keys, but we have been unable to confirm this or subsequent reports.