Coot Bay dancing-lady orchid

Trichocentrum carthagenense, also known as the Coot Bay dancing lady orchid, is a species of orchid found from the Everglades, the Caribbean and Mexico, Central America and down to northern Brazil. The species name refers to the Cartagena, Colombia, where it was first collected in 1760.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Coot Bay dancing-lady orchid 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

• Trichocentrum oerstedii
• Trichocentrum cosymbephorum
• Trichocentrum andreanum
• Trichocentrum luridum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Trichocentrum

Species

Trichocentrum carthagenense

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