The Queen Elizabeth
II Botanic Park is home to ten of the twenty-eight orchid species
recorded from the Cayman Islands, and four of these are found nowhere
else on earth.
One of these unique three, the most commonly seen by Park visitors,
is our
Cayman's National Flower, the Wild Banana Orchid / Myrmecophila
thomsoniana
that is abundant in all natural areas. Other native orchids include:
Pleurothallis caymanensis, Encyclia boothiana, Dendrophylax
fawcettii,
Tolumnia variegata, Prescottia oligantha
and Cyclopogon elatus
The Annual Orchid Show
promotes the conservation of Cayman's native orchids.
The event has also become an occasion for educating gardeners
on the techniques
of growing orchids. The proceeds from the Show will go toward
the establishment of
an orchid garden in the Botanic Park.
Pleurothallis caymanensis and Encyclia boothiana
Prescottia oligantha
Dendrophylax fawcettii
Endemic
Beloglottis costaricensis GC
Bletia florida GC
Brassavola nodosa GC
Cyclopogon cranichoides . GC
Cyclopogon elatus GC
Cyrtopodium punctatum GC
Dendrophylax fawcettii / Ghost Orchid Endemic
GC
Dendrophylax porrectus GC
Eltroplectris calcarata GC
Encyclia kingsii Endemic
LC
Encyclia phoenicia / Chocolate Orchid CB LC
Epidendrum nocturnum GC
Epidendrum rigidum LC GC
Ionopsis utricliuoides GC
Myrmecophila thomsoniana var. minor / Wild Banana
Orchid Endemic CB LC
Myrmecophila thomsoniana var. thomsoniana / Wild
Banana Orchid Endemic GC
Oeceoclades maculata GC
Pleurothallis caymanensis GC
Polystachya concreta LC
Prescottia oligantha GC
Prosthechea boothiana / Dollar orchid GC
Prosthechea cochleata CB
Sacoila lanceolata GC
Tolumnia calochila GC
Tolumnia variegata syn.T. caymanense Syn.Oncidium caymanense
GC
Triphora gentianoides GC
Tropidia polystachya add (Sterile specimen only) GC
Vanilla claviculata GC
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