A state appeals court tossed out a Tampa-based orchid grower's attempt to enter the state's medical-marijuana market, finding the nursery lacked standing to challenge eight licenses granted by Florida health officials last year.

Louis Del Favero Orchids Inc. challenged a settlement agreement between the Department of Health and firms known in the industry as "one-pointers."

But a three-judge panel of the First District Court of Appeal ruled Monday that Del Favero "was not a party to the joint settlement agreement and had not been denied a license based on any application filed."