odontoglossum

IPA: oʊdˈɑntʌgɫˈɑsʌm

Examples of "odontoglossum" in Sentences

"A white _odontoglossum crispum_, with crimson spots!"
They are very varied and are easily hybridised with Odontoglossum.
Vexillaria and the glorious pink and scarlet blossoms of Cattleya and odontoglossum.
The finest species is the _odontoglossum_, having long, chocolate-colored petals, margined with yellow.
"Oh, she of the golden hair and the white _odontoglossum_," sighed the little Frenchman, rolling up his eyes.
"I found her lying on a silken divan in the deserted house, her hands clasped over a little white flower like an odontoglossum, which lay on her breast.
'It is found upon the lower Himalayan slopes, and bears a close resemblance to the white odontoglossum of commerce, except that the flower is much smaller.
She held in her hand an orchid, its structure that of an odontoglossum, but of a delicate green colour heavily splashed with scarlet -- a weird and unnatural-looking bloom.
Now the conservatory was what Miss Mapp considered a potting-shed with a glass roof, and the orchids were one anæmic odontoglossum, and there would scarcely be room besides that for Mr.. Poppit and Mr. Wyse.
The vegetation had again changed, and only the vegetable ivory tree remained, with a great profusion of wonderful orchids, among which I learned to recognize the rare Nuttonia Vexillaria and the glorious pink and scarlet blossoms of Cattleya and odontoglossum.