''Ionopsis utricularioides'', the delicate violet orchid, is an epiphytic orchid native to the warmer parts of the Americas. It is reported from

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(from

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to Quntana Roo),

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(all 7 countries), much of the

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including the Cayman Islands,

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as far south as

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, and the Galápagos.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Flora of North America v 26 p 647, ''Ionopsis utricularioides'' (Swartz) Lindley, Coll. Bot. plate 39, fig. A. 1825.
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References

External links

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US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile, ''Ionopsis utricularioides'' Biota of North America Program, county distribution map of ''Ionopsis utricularioides'' (in Florida)photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Costa Rica, ''Ionopsis utricularioides''
* ttp://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=1054 Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, delicate violet orchid, ''Ionopsis utricularioides''br>Terra Galleria, the photography of QT Luong, ''Ionopsis utricularioides''. A species orchid
{{Taxonbar, from=Q15466420 Oncidiinae Plants described in 1788 Orchids of South America Orchids of Central America Orchids of Belize Orchids of Florida Orchids of Mexico Flora of the Caribbean Flora without expected TNC conservation status