fringed orchis

Definitions of fringed orchis

1. noun

   any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip
   synonyms: fringed orchid

   types:

   Habenaria albiflora, white fringed orchid, white fringed orchis

   bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers

   Habenaria fimbriata, purple-fringed orchid, purple-fringed orchis

   North American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowers

   Habenaria hookeri, Hooker's orchid

   a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal

   Habenaria lacera, green fringed orchis, ragged orchid, ragged orchis, ragged-fringed orchid

   fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerated

   Habenaria leucophaea, prairie orchid, prairie white-fringed orchis

   orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers

   Habenaria nivea, snowy orchid

   slender fringed orchid of eastern North America having white flowers

   Habenaria peramoena, purple fringeless orchid, purple fringeless orchis

   orchid of northeastern and alpine eastern North America closely related to the purple fringed orchids but having rosy-purple or violet flowers with denticulate leaf divisions

   Habenaria psycodes, purple-fringed orchid, purple-fringed orchis

   North American orchid with clusters of fragrant purple fringed flowers

   type of:

   orchid, orchidaceous plant

   any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors