Camaridium vestitum facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Purple tiger orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Maxillarieae
Subtribe:	Maxillariinae
Genus:	Camaridium Lindl.
Species:	C. vestitum
Binomial name
Camaridium vestitum (Sw.) Lindl.
Synonyms
Epidendrum vestitum Sw. Cymbidium vestitum (Sw.) Sw. Camaridium purpureum Spreng. Ornithidium vestitum (Sw.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers Maxillaria purpurea (Spreng.) Ames & Correll 1943, illegitimate homonym not (Wight) Beer 1854 Maxillaria vestita (Sw.) A.Lemée Pseudomaxillaria vestita (Sw.) Brieger Scaphyglottis parviflora Poepp. & Endl. Ornithidium parviflorum (Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb.f. Maxillaria exigua Regel Ornithidium confertum Griseb. Ornithidium chloroleucum Barb.Rodr. Ornithidium virescens Schltr. Ornithidium rhomboglossum Schltr. Ornithidium simulans Ames & C.Schweinf. Maxillaria purpurea var. parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) C.Schweinf. Maxillaria conferta (Griseb.) C.Schweinf. ex León Pseudomaxillaria chloroleuca (Barb.Rodr.) Hoehne Camaridium purpureum var. parviflorum (Poepp. & Endl.) Hoehne Maxillaria simulans (Ames & C.Schweinf.) L.O.Williams Maxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay Pseudomaxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Brieger Pseudomaxillaria virescens (Schltr.) Brieger Camaridium micranthum M.A.Blanco

Camaridium vestitum, called purple tiger orchid, is a species of epiphytic orchids native to Florida, the West Indies and through Latin America from Mexico to Bolivia.

Camaridium vestitum has long been called Maxillaria parviflora including in Flora of North America. Recent molecular studies have indicated that Maxillaria should be split into several genera, so many species including this one have been renamed.