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§1 Plant
Pteroglossaspis ecristata (Fernald) Rolfe
vernacular giant orchid — species · Orchidaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Pteroglossaspis
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 61 counties across 6 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 61 counties across 6 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Lake 12069
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Lucie 12111
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PTEC2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5312154 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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