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Definition of Sarcochilus falcatus
1. Noun. Diminutive Australian orchid with loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with purple and orange markings on the lip.
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Sarcochilus, Sarcochilus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarcochilus Falcatus
Literary usage of Sarcochilus falcatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1837)
"sarcochilus falcatus. Falcate-leaved Sarcochilus. An extremely pretty neat little
plant, native of New Holland, and near Hunter's River. ..."
2. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1844)
"One of the latter, sarcochilus falcatus, with blossoms nearly as white as snowdrops,
is now in flower. In these forests, there are many epiphytes of the ..."
3. The Genera and Species of Orchideous Plants by John Lindley (1830)
"They appeared, in the only specimen I examined, to be like those of Cymbidium.
1. SARCOCHILUS falcatus. R. Br. 1. c. ..."
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