schizanthus

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schizanthus

(skɪtˈsænθəs)

(Plants) any plant of the Chilean annual genus Schizanthus, some species of which are grown as pot or garden plants for their showy red, white, or yellow orchid-like flowers: family Solanaceae. Sometimes called: poor man's orchid

[New Latin, from Greek schizein to cut + anthos flower (from the deeply divided corolla)]

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schizanthus - any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers

butterfly flower, poor man's orchid

flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

genus Schizanthus - Chilean herbs with orchid-like flowers

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I have also been sowing some annuals that we will grow indoors - such as Schizanthus, known as poor man's orchids, will make colourful pot plants with ferny leaves to decorate the greenhouses in summer.

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Try schizanthus (poor man's orchid), which is a beauty and grows easily from seed sown now with heat.