Meaning of BUTTERFLY ORCHID
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- [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
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| Synonyms: | | butterfly orchis, butterfly plant, dancing lady orchid, Encyclia tampensis, Encyclia venosa, Epidendrum tampense, Epidendrum venosum, oncidium, Orchis papilionaceae |
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| 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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