Herbarium Specimen Details

Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Epidendrum cochleatum L.
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Florida, Miami-Dade Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector F. C. Craighead
with M.B.R.
Collection Date 28 Nov 1956
Accession Number 56935
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Epidendrum cochleatum L.
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Florida, Collier Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Common epiphyte on ash, pond apple and other trees.
Habitat Dense low hammock with royal palms.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector J. A. Lassiter 19
with R. Lassiter
Collection Date 26 Oct 1963
Accession Number 57295
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Epidendrum cochleatum L.
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Florida, Miami-Dade Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Capsule winged on angles.
Habitat Open, shrubby pineland wood with limestone outcrops and solution holes; epiphytic in hammock.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector G. R. Cooley 9205
with R.J. Eaton, J.D. Ray, Jr., R. Long, O. Lakela
Collection Date 12 Oct 1962
Accession Number 53948
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2002
Determination History
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Florida, Collier Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State Immature Fruit
Collector R. Vagner
Collection Date 31 Dec 1966
Accession Number 78668
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: C. R. Broome, 1966
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Florida, Collier Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Epiphyte on Annona glabra; very abundant.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector C. R. Broome 243
Collection Date 20 Aug 1966
Accession Number 79820
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2002
Determination History
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: R. W. Long, 1966
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Florida, Collier Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Cypress [Taxodium] swamp - pond apple [Annona glabra] area and bordering gladeland.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. W. Long 1735
with R. Broome, K. Whitney, J. De Boer
Collection Date 05 Jun 1966
Accession Number 75136
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Epidendrum cochleatum L. triandrum Ames - Determined By: Lakela, 1963
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Florida, Miami-Dade Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Anthers 3; perianth, inner, dusky purple.
Habitat Hammock, very low in deep shade.
Reproductive State Flower Immature Fruit
Collector O. K. Lakela 26672
with F.C. Craighead, L.J. Brass
Collection Date 29 Dec 1963
Accession Number 57222
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler triandra Ames
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : University of South Florida [Tampa] Campus. 28° 0' 0" N 82° 0' 0" W
Habitat Greenhouse.
Reproductive State Fertile Flower
Collector O. K. Lakela
Collection Date 28 Oct 1966
Accession Number 77450
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins
Determination History
Amphiglottis conopsea R. Br. Small
Locality Florida, Collier Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector M. Simon
Collection Date 28 Apr 1961
Accession Number 287767
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Epidendrum cochleatum L.
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Surrey Co., St. Thomas Par., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Flowers in twos; purple with yellow markings.
Habitat Open area on side of hill.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 4000 to ft
Collector A. van der Porten
Collection Date 13 Apr 1950
Accession Number 28591
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Epidendrum cochleatum L.
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Santa Clara Prov., , Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Lip purple, paired petals green; epiphytic.
Habitat Trunks and branches of trees in moist forest, mainly along creek.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector W. H. Hodge
with R. A. Howard & R. K. Godfrey
Collection Date 04 Sep 1940
Accession Number 11209
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Epidendrum cochleatum L. - Determined By: C. D. Adams, 1963
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Surrey Co., St. Thomas Par., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Common; sepals and petals yellowish green, greener at base and yellower at tip; lip dark reddish purple, white between veins at base, yellow on inner surface on veins radiating from distal end of column, white beneath column and between wings of column; column yellow-green, marked with purple on basal 2/3, greenish white on apical 1/3 and wings; pollinia orange.
Habitat Banks and tree bases; on serpentine outcropping.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 3000 to ft
Collector M. R. Crosby
with H. A. Hespenheide & W. R. Anderson
Collection Date 03 Jul 1963
Accession Number 96993
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Epidendrum cochleatum L.
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Middlesex Co., St. Ann Par., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 2100 to ft
Collector R. P. Wunderlin
Collection Date 07 Jan 1972
Accession Number 288548
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality La Vega Prov., , Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Disturbed forest along river.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 3700 to ft
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with D. K. Sauleda, M. E. Ragan, & D. D. Dodd
Collection Date 21 Aug 1982
Accession Number 167154
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality La Vega Prov., , Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 3900 to ft
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with D. K. Sauleda, M. E. Ragan, & D. D. Dodd
Collection Date 21 Aug 1982
Accession Number 167061
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Cornwall Co., Trelawny Par., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Epiphytic.
Habitat Steep wooded limestone slope.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. P. Wunderlin
with R. Gustafson
Collection Date 02 Feb 1980
Accession Number 150650
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Feb 2015
Determination History
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns.
Locality , , Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State Fertile
Elevation 1800 to ft
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with M. E. Ragan, P. H. Adams, & R. M. Adams
Collection Date 05 Nov 1983
Accession Number 277844
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Great Abaco Island, , Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat High coppice.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with R. M. Adams & P. H. Adams
Collection Date 02 Aug 1979
Accession Number 141980
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Great Abaco Island, , Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat High coppice.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with R. M. Adams & P. H. Adams
Collection Date 02 Aug 1979
Accession Number 141981
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Great Abaco Island, , Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat High coppice.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with R. M. Adams & P. H. Adams
Collection Date 02 Aug 1979
Accession Number 141982
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Great Abaco Island, , Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat High coppice.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with R. P. Wunderlin, B. Hansen, & D. S. Correll
Collection Date 14 Dec 1979
Accession Number 142527
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Epidendrum cochleatum L.
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: Sauleda, 04-Apr-1980
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Locality Andros Island, , Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Coppice.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. P. Sauleda
Collection Date 24 May 1975
Accession Number 145126
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Epidendrum cochleatum L.
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality , , Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector L. A. Garay
Collection Date s.d.
Accession Number 28590
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Epidendrum cochleatum L. - Determined By: Garay,
Epidendrum trulla Rchb. f.
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Mexico. S Mexico. 17° 55' 9" N 94° 5' 50" W
Description Widespread.
Habitat On trees.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. Oberg
Collection Date s.d.
Accession Number 28594
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Epidendrum cochleatum L.
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Mexico. S Mexico. 17° 55' 9" N 94° 5' 50" W
Description Common.
Habitat On trees.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. Oberg
Collection Date s.d.
Accession Number 28592
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Nov 2000
Determination History
Epidendrum cochleatum L.
Epidendrum cochleatum L. - Determined By: Ames, 03 Oct 1933
Epidendrum cochleatum L. - Determined By: Correll, 1940
Anacheilium cochleatum L. Hoffmanns. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1984
Encyclia cochleata L. Dressler - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1997
Locality Guatemala.
Description Corolla dark purple, lower third green; green on inside.
Habitat Oak tree in canyon.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 3700 to ft
Collector C. C. Deam
Collection Date 01 Jun 1909
Accession Number 51116
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins
Locality Puerto Rico. Reserva Forestal Maricao; 12.5 mi. N of Sabana Grande, 0.8 mi. N of Casa de Piedras Road, along PR 120.
Description Rare; epilithic.
Habitat Low forest on steep slopes.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with M.E. Ragan, B.F. Hansen, W.R. Morales
Collection Date 30 Nov 1981
Accession Number 295686
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins
Locality Puerto Rico. Sierra de Luquillo, Caribbean National Forest; ranger service road off E side of PR 186.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. P. Sauleda
Collection Date 21 Nov 1981
Accession Number 295675
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Prosthechea cochleata
Family Name Orchidaceae
Currently Accepted Name Prosthechea cochleata L. W. E. Higgins
Locality Puerto Rico. Reserva Forestal Maricao, 6.2 mi. N of Sabana Grande on PR 120.
Description Common; epilithic.
Habitat Low forest on serpentine rock, canopy to 5 m.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 1200 to ft
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with M.E. Ragan, B.F. Hansen, W.R. Morales
Collection Date 30 Nov 1981
Accession Number 296235
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