Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Gomesa praetexta 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
- Cyrtochilum serratum
- Cyrtochilum tetracopis
- Cyrtochilum annulare
- Trichocentrum luridum
- Cyrtochilum halteratum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Gomesa
- Species
- Gomesa praetexta
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