Family: Orchidaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Broad geographic distribution and elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized on Maui (Hawaiian Islands) and widely naturalized elsewhere
  
• Regarded as weedy in several habitats, often disturbed (but evidence of negative impacts lacking)
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Reproduces by seeds (and may resprout from rhizomes)
  
• Apomictic
  
• Reaches maturity in <1 year (10 months)
  
• Seeds dispersed by wind, water and as a contaminant of seed and soil
  
• Prolific seed production

Low Risk Traits:

• Despite widespread naturalization and description as a weed, evidence of negative impacts is generally unspecified or lacking
  
• Generally restricted to anthropogenic habitats
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental