Prosthechea cochleata, formerly known as Encyclia cochleata, Anacheilium cochleatum, and Epidendrum cochleatum and commonly referred to as the clamshell orchid or cockleshell orchid, is an epiphytic, sympodial New World orchid native to Central America, the West Indies, Colombia, Venezuela, and southern Florida.
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We added this orchid to our collection last Spring when we found it at the Union Square Greenmarket in New York City. What caught our eye was the shape of the blooms, resembling an octopus because of its dangling petals and sepals.