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| |name = ''Pteroglossaspis'' | |||
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| |genus = '''''Pteroglossaspis''''' | |||
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| '''''Pteroglossaspis''''' is a ] of ]s from the orchid family, ]. | |||
| ''Pteroglossaspis ecristata'' (Wild Coco or Giant Orchid) grows three to four feet high in savannas, as well as "sandhills, scrub, pine platwoods and pine rocklands".<ref>{{cite web|last=Florida Natural Areas Inventory|title=Giant Orchid|url=http://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Pteroglossaspis_ecristata.pdf|accessdate=31 May 2012}}</ref> | |||
| It grows from Florida to Louisiana along the coastal plain. In Louisiana it grows both east of the Mississippi River in ], and west of the Mississippi River in coastal prairies.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rare Plants of Louisiana|title=Pteroglossaspis ecristata – wild coco, giant orchid|url=http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fact_sheet_plant/32092-Pteroglossaspis%20ecristata/pteroglossaspis_ecristata.pdf|accessdate=31 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Keddy|first=Paul A.|title=Water, Earth, Fire: Louisiana’s Natural Heritage.|year=2008|publisher=Xlibris|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-1-4363-6234-4|pages=229, p. 80|url=http://www.amazon.com/Water-Earth-Fire-Louisianas-Heritage/dp/1436362334}}</ref> Both of these habitats are at risk from habitat destruction and fire suppression. Like many species of coastal plain savannas, it responds positively to fire. | |||
| It also occurs in Cuba. | |||
| == References == | |||
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| ==See also== | |||
| * Florida status and photograph | |||
| * Louisiana status and photograph | |||
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| *Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press. | |||
| *Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press. | |||
| *Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press | |||
| *Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart | |||
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