orchidaceous

Definitions

Examples

• The simple old type of manhood is lost long since in endless orchidaceous variation.

• What startling disclosures are revealed to the inward eye within the hearts of all these strange orchidaceous flowers!

• Here and there the bright flowers of some orchidaceous plant ornamented their summits, or hung down from their boughs.

• Many of our orchidaceous plants absolutely require the visits of moths to remove their pollen-masses and thus to fertilise them.

• The dark, damp wilderness is favorable to some of these orchidaceous plants, though they are too delicate for cultivation.