Mule-Ear Orchid

Trichocentrum albococcineum

Linden Species

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Botanical name
Trichocentrum albococcineum
Also known as
Mule-Ear Orchid
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Trichocentrum
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Mule-Ear Orchid

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Trichocentrum albococcineum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Trichocentrum albopurpureum Trichocentrum albopurpureum var. striatum Trichocentrum amazonicum Trichocentrum atropurpureum

Others in Trichocentrum

Trichocentrum × francoi
Trichocentrum × marvraganii
Trichocentrum × quintanarooense
Trichocentrum × teaboanum
Trichocentrum aguirrei
Trichocentrum allenii
Trichocentrum recurvum
Mule-Ear Orchid
Trichocentrum schwambachiae
Mule-Ear Orchid

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