Family: Orchidaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m
  
• Widely naturalized
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Plants propagate with the help of subterranean corms
  
• Produces wind-dispersed seeds
  
• Able to self-pollinate
  
• Can reproduce vegetatively from adventitious plantlets on old, severed inflorescences

Low Risk Traits:

• Despite ability to naturalize, no negative impacts to agriculture or natural areas have been documented
  
• Unarmed (No spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental value
  
• Seeds are recalcitrant and will not form a persistent seed bank
  
• Does not tolerate damage from grazing animals, trampling, or fire