Microchilus chicalensis
Caribbean False Helmetorchid
Microchilus plantagineus
(L.) D.Dietr. Species
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- Botanical name
- Microchilus plantagineus
- Also known as
- Caribbean False Helmetorchid
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Microchilus
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Caribbean False Helmetorchid
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Microchilus plantagineus but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Erythrodes plantaginea
Orchis plantaginea
Pelexia bursaria
Physurus elatior
Physurus plantagineus
Platythelys latifolia
Satyrium latifolium
Satyrium plantagineum
Others in Microchilus
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