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Butterfly orchid

Butterfly orchid Meaning & Definition
Butterfly orchid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Butterfly orchid?

[n] Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip
[n] orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum
[n] Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip
[n] any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
[n] any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids

Synonyms | Synonyms for Butterfly orchid: butterfly orchis | butterfly plant | dancing lady orchid | Encyclia tampensis | Encyclia venosa | Epidendrum tampense | Epidendrum venosum | oncidium | Orchis papilionaceae

Related Terms | Find terms related to Butterfly orchid:

See Also | Encyclia | genus Encyclia | genus Oncidium | genus Psychopsis | Oncidium papilio | Oncidium papilio kramerianum | orchid | orchidaceous plant | orchis | Psychopsis | Psychopsis krameriana | Psychopsis papilio

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