Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Short-Leaved Mule-Ear 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 cebolleta
- Trichocentrum leptotifolium
- Trichocentrum biorbiculare
- Trichocentrum ascendens
- Trichocentrum cavendishianum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Trichocentrum
- Species
- Trichocentrum brachyphyllum
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