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Tall ladies'-tresses

Cyclopogon elatus

Also called Tall Lady's Tresses, Tall Neottia, Tall Spiral Orchid

Tall ladies'-tresses
Photo: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
S. Florida to Trop. America
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Cyclopogon elatus is a species of terrestrial orchids. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico and Belize to Argentina, as well as in the West Indies and southern Florida.

Other Cyclopogon plants

Cranichis-like ladies'-tresses · Cyclopogon elegans · Ladies' Tresses

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyclopogon elatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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