Two Tails—Three Fingers

Tridactyle bicaudata is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. This species can be found throughout most of Africa, from the Cape Province to Kenya and Ghana. It also can be found in a wide variety of different habitats, which makes it very amenable to cultivation. It has a monopodial growth habit, and can typically be found growing in clumps on rocks or on low lying tree branches. The flowers are canary yellow, 2 cm wide, and have a lip lobed into three sections. Two of the outlying lobes are fimbriated. Usually, 8-16 flowers are born on an inflorescence, with multiple racemes possible resulting in a flower count in the thousands.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Two Tails—Three Fingers 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

• Tridactyle tricuspis
• Cyrtorchis arcuata
• Acampe pachyglossa
• Cleisostoma paniculatum
• Rangaeris muscicola
• Calyptrochilum christyanum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Tridactyle

Species

Tridactyle bicaudata

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