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Epidendrum conopseum
Also called Greenfly Orchid, Green Fly Orchid
Bartram's tree orchid (Epidendrum conopseum) is a small epiphytic orchid that clings to tree bark in the southeastern US and northeastern Mexico, and is the most northerly epiphytic orchid in North America. It is grown in mild climates or as a cool-season houseplant, and needs bright conditions with good airflow.
Epidendrum conopseum, synonym Epidendrum magnoliae, sometimes called the green-fly orchid, is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum.
It is the most northern-growing epiphytic orchid in North America, being found wild in the southeastern United States in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina and also in northeastern Mexico (Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas). Epidendrum conopseum grows on the branches of evergreen and deciduous trees such as Magnolia grandiflora, Quercus virginiana, Taxodium distichum, Swamp Black Gum, or American beech, at low elevations less than 100 m (330 ft) above sea level. It is found growing in association with the fern Pleopeltis polypodioides
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epidendrum conopseum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
