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Definition of Butterfly orchis
1. Noun. Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip.
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Encyclia, Genus Encyclia
2. Noun. Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip.
Literary usage of Butterfly orchis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the County of Dublin by John D'Alton (1838)
"... orchis bifolia, butterfly orchis, flowering in June ; orchis mascula, early
purple orchis ; carex curta, white sedge, flowering in June; carex recurva, ..."
2. The Annals of Horticulture (1849)
"The smaller butterfly orchis grows chiefly on dry chalky banks, and is safest in
pots in loam and peat, with plenty of drainers. ..."
3. British and Garden Botany: Consisting of Descriptions of the Flowering by Leo Hartley Grindon (1864)
"SMALL BUTTERFLY-ORCHIS— ... In colour moreover they are nearly pure- white,
whereas in the Small Butterfly-orchis, which is less in all its parts, ..."
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