Epidendrum cristatumRuiz & Pav. (1789) (the "comb Epidendrum") is a species of orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It is known to grow both terrestrially and epiphytically at altitudes near 1 km in the Neotropics from Mexico and Belize down through Brazil, as well as Trinidad.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Epidendrum cristatum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Epidendrum stamfordianum
- Prosthechea vespa
- Epidendrum exasperatum
- Epidendrum veroscriptum
- Encyclia patens
- Encyclia alata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Epidendrum
- Species
- Epidendrum cristatum
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