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Old 07-02-2006, 07:10 PM posted to rec.gardens.orchids
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Default Are any orchids poisonous?


J Fortuna wrote:
I know that some orchids are edible, but are any of them poisonous? or have
poisonous parts?



Before or after spraying? (annoying emoticon here)

Some orchids smell so foul I can't imagine anyone would want to eat
them, but I don't recall reading that any are actually poisonous.

I also rasie cycads. Every part of every cycad is toxic.. Yes, some
cultures eat leached cycad starch, but there are long term toxic
effects associated with eating it that include a form of senile
dementia, a type of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and cancer.

J. Del Col