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Cyrtopodium punctatum
One of the best kept secrets of Everglades National Park, this monster of an orchid can be easily Googled but not easily found. Very few of these beauties remain in the wild and hopefully they can be sustained for future generations.
Epiphytic orchid found among pond apple, pop ash, and cypress trees.
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Good question, Josh. This is probably the biggest in the wild, maybe someone has a bigger cultivated one.
wow totally awesome! how big is it/can it get?
This is a very cool spotting!
What a huge specimen...wonderful spotting!