Brassia verrucosa Bateman ex Lindl. is a plant in the Orchidaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Brassia verrucosa Bateman ex Lindl. (Brassia verrucosa Bateman ex Lindl.)
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Brassia verrucosa Bateman ex Lindl.

Brassia verrucosa Bateman ex Lindl.

Brassia verrucosa, or warty brassia, is an orchid native to the Americas with very thin, long floral sepals and petals.

Family
Genus
Brassia
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida

About Brassia verrucosa Bateman ex Lindl.

Brassia verrucosa Bateman ex Lindl., commonly called warty brassia, is a plant species belonging to the orchid family Orchidaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America (including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua), Venezuela, and Brazil. This species produces very thin but extremely long sepals and petals, and each of these structures can reach up to 15 cm (5.9 in) in length.

Photo: (c) Victor De la Cruz, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Victor De la Cruz · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Orchidaceae Brassia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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