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Meaning of BUTTERFLY ORCHID

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip
  2. [n]  orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum
  3. [n]  Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip
  4. [n]  any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
  5. [n]  any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids
 
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 Synonyms: butterfly orchis, butterfly plant, dancing lady orchid, Encyclia tampensis, Encyclia venosa, Epidendrum tampense, Epidendrum venosum, oncidium, Orchis papilionaceae
 
 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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