Orchidaceae
Dollar orchid
Prosthechea boothiana
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Prosthechea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Dollar orchid
Synonyms
- Diacrium bidentatum Hemsl.
- Encyclia bidentata (Hemsl.) Hágsater & Soto Arenas
- Encyclia bidentata subsp. erythronioides (Small) Hágsater
- Encyclia boothiana (Lindl.) Dressler
- Encyclia boothiana subsp. erythronioides (Small) Hágsater ex Christenson
- Encyclia boothiana var. erythronioides (Small) Luer
- Epicladium boothianum (Lindl.) Small
- Epicladium boothianum var. erythronioides (Small) Acuña
- Epidendrum bidentatum Lindl.
- Epidendrum boothianum Lindl.
- Epidendrum erythronioides Small
- Hormidium boothianum (Lindl.) Brieger
- Prosthechea boothiana var. erythronioides (Small) Nir
- Prosthechea boothiana var. erythronioides (Small) W.E.Higgins
- Pseudencyclia boothiana (Lindl.) V.P.Castro & Chiron
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jkguin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.