Dendrobium gracilicaule, commonly known as blotched cane orchid or yellow cane orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It has cylindrical pseudobulbs, between three and seven thin leaves and up to thirty often drooping, cream-coloured to yellow or greenish flowers, sometimes with reddish brown blotches on the back. There are two varieties, one occurring in Queensland and New South Wales in Australia and the other on some Pacific Islands, including Lord Howe Island.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Blotched Cane 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
- Dendrobium falcorostrum
- Dendrobium jonesii
- Pinalia ovata
- Dendrobium radiatum
- Dendrobium speciosum
- Dendrobium officinale
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Dendrobium
- Species
- Dendrobium gracilicaule
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