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Old 08-20-2018, 08:54 PM
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Hi. So here I am on vacation in Mexico and I find this plant that looks like an orchid. Is it and if it is what type?
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Old 08-20-2018, 09:06 PM
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It looks like something in the iris family to me.
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It is in the Iris family. There are a lot of tropical American Iridaceae genera but I'm not very familiar with them. Look up Patersonia, Herbertia and Neomarica. That should get you started.
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Looks like an Iris.
Check out the genus Trimezia.
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