Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
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Scientific Name:<br />
Common Name(s):<br />
Oeceoclades maculata<br />
Ground orchid<br />
Height:<br />
Leaves:<br />
Flowers:<br />
Bark:<br />
Fruit:<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r:<br />
Treatment:<br />
To 40cm<br />
Shea<strong>the</strong>d pseudobulb, single 22cm, mottled green and dark green leaf<br />
40cm. lax raceme <strong>of</strong> ~12 pinkish green flowers, lip white with red lines on<br />
lateral lobes, pink center, blooms in fall<br />
N/A<br />
Small seeds in capsule.<br />
Habitat, light woods, hammocks; low montane rainforest; hot, humid<br />
lowlands; savannahs and prairies, <strong>of</strong>ten self-pollinating. Still being debated<br />
about exotic status.<br />
Hand pulling is <strong>the</strong> best option.<br />
APIRS- http://aquat1.ifas.edu<br />
www.plantatlas.usf.edu/<br />
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