Brassavola cucullata, common name daddy long-legs orchid, is a species of orchid native to Mexico (from Sinaloa and San Luis Potosí south to Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula), Belize, Central America, the West Indies and northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guinea).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Brassavola appendiculata 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
- Brassavola tuberculata
- Brassavola nodosa
- Dendrobium teretifolium
- Dendrobium schoeninum
- Dendrobium bowmanii
- Epidendrum parkinsonianum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Brassavola
- Species
- Brassavola appendiculata
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