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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
  6. Orchids
  7. Cattleya Alliance Orchids
  8. Appendage Orchids

genus

Appendage Orchids

Prosthechea

Traits
Includes
3 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Clamshell Orchid native
  • Lined Petal Orchid
  • Ochre Appendage Orchid
  • Dollar Orchid native
  • Prosthechea vitellina
  • Dwarf Butterfly Orchid native
  • Prosthechea brassavolae
  • Prosthechea trulla
  • Prosthechea sima
  • Prosthechea prismatocarpa
  • Prosthechea mariae
  • Prosthechea racemifera

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native appendage orchids All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Clamshell Orchid Prosthechea cochleata
  • Dollar Orchid Prosthechea boothiana
  • Dwarf Butterfly Orchid Prosthechea pygmaea

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