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butterfly plant

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Noun1.butterfly plant - orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red
genus Phalaenopsis, Phalaenopsis - genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia
moth orchid, moth plant - any of various orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis having often drooping glossy broad obovate or oval leaves usually dark green flushed purple or mottled grey and silver
2.butterfly plant - any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowersbutterfly plant - any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
genus Oncidium - large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America


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uk CAPTION(S): BIRDS: Derek Blemings snapped this pair of puffins at the Farne Islands NAUTICAL SCENE: Upturned boats on Holy Island, by Carl Haynes COLOURFUL: A peacock butterfly feeding on a buddleja plant, which is known as the butterfly plant.
One in particular that I actually found in a seed catalog was the Butterfly weed or Butterfly plant.
Butterfly plants should be in a sheltered sunny part of the garden.
 
 
 
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