epidendrum
any of numerous tropical American orchids of the genus Epidendrum, having variously colored, often showy flowers.
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We’d only walked for about 10 minutes when Bechtold pointed out an epidendrum ciliare, the most common orchid on Saba, perched on a tree.
A Caribbean island gets everyone involved in protecting beloved species | Anna Gibbs | September 27, 2022 | Science NewsIt looks like a depauperate L. epidendrum, but seems to be constantly collected.
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBrideLoddigesii, which was introduced to Europe a few years earlier, passed under the name of epidendrum.
The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick BoyleCruger's case here referred to is doubtless the cleistogamic fertilisation of epidendrum, etc.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinFrom the ever-green forests of Papantla and Nautla comes the epidendrum vanilla, whose odoriferous fruit is used as a perfume.
Mexico and its Religion | Robert A. Wilson
Indeed, the sweet-scented little epidendrum called by the Chinese, lan, is continually used to suggest the Kuei and its inmates.
Fir-Flower Tablets | Various
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