scented orchid

(Plants) a slender orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, with fragrant pink flowers carried in a dense spike and having a three-lobed lip; found in calcareous turf. Also called: fragrant orchid

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Richard (dingy-flowered star orchid), Epidendrum nocturnum Jacquin (night scented orchid), Epidendrum rigidum Jacquin (rigid epidendrum), Encyclia tampensis (Lindley) Small (Florida butterfly orchid), Polystachya concreta (Jacquin) Garay & Sweet (yellow helmet orchid), and Harrisella porrecta (Reichenbach f.) Fawcett & Rendle (jingle bell orchid).

An update on mealybugs and scale insects (Hemiptera) on native epiphytic orchids in South Florida, including a new record for Pseudococcus microcirculus (Pseudococcidae)

During his 1995 journey around China, Adams was told about the naturally scented orchid tea.

Green tea and the scent of orchid

In total, 10 species were sampled: Epidendrum nocturnum Jacquin (Night Scented Orchid), Epidendrum amphistomum A.

Occurrence of boisduval scale, Diaspis boisduvalii (hemiptera: diaspididae), on native epiphytic orchids in Collier Co., Florida, including Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve

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