Cayman Ghost Orchid

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Ghost Orchid Fast Facts

► Ghost Orchids (Dendrophylax Lindenii) are endemic to the Cayman Islands

► Ghost Orchids are a critically endangered species

► The Cayman Islands just passed much needed and long overdue conservation legislation protecting Ghost Orchids

► Ghost Orchids are known to exist only in Florida and the western Caribbean

► Ghost Orchids thrive in hot, moist marshy environments

► Seasonally, you may find Ghost Orchids in bloom along the Mastic Trail and Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park

► Ghost Orchids are epiphytes that attach photosynthetically to trees, from which they derive their water and nutrients

► Ghost Orchids blossom infrequently for only several weeks from April to August

► Ghost Orchids have a refreshing soap-like aroma

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► Boobies are among hundreds of species of birds that stop to rest in the Cayman Islands along their migratory paths.

► Boobies are most common in Little Cayman and Cayman Brac.

Cayman Parrot

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► The Caribbean Parrot is Cayman’s national bird.

► Cayman Parrots feed on leaves and berries from the trees that grow wild in the Cayman Islands.

► They like to eat these little berries that grow on some of the palm trees

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► Green Iguanas are abundant throughout Grand Cayman – perhaps a little too abundant.