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butterfly orchid


  • n  any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids
  • n  any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
  • n  Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip
  • n  orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum
  • n  Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip
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  • Researchers Rediscover Europe's Rarest Orchid On 'Lost World' Volcano In The Azores
    PeerJ Researchers studying speciation of butterfly orchids on the Azores have been startled to discover that the answer to a long-debated question "Do the islands support one species or two species?" is actually "three species." Hochstetter's Butterfly-orchid, newly recognized following application of a battery of scientific techniques and reveling in a complex taxonomic history worthy of ...
    Dec. 10, 2013 - redOrbit
  • Europe's rarest orchid rediscovered on 'lost world' volcano in the Azores
    Researchers studying speciation of butterfly orchids on the Azores have been startled to discover that the answer to a long-debated question "Do the islands support one species or two species?" is actually "three species". Hochstetter's Butterfly-orchid, newly recognized following application of a battery of scientific techniques and reveling in a complex taxonomic history worthy of Sherlock ...
    Dec. 10, 2013 - Science Daily

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