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Bird's-nest is a name popularly given to several plants, as Neottia nidus-avis, a British orchid found in beech-woods, so called because of the mass of stout interlaced fibres which form its roots; Monotropa Hypopitys, a parasitic ericaceous plant growing on the roots of trees in fir woods, the leafless stalks of which resemble a nest of sticks; and Asplenium Nidus, from the manner in which the fronds grow, leaving a nest-like hollow in the centre.
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Calopogon pulchellus is a North American tuberous-rooted orchid, bearing purple flowers with a straw coloured beard in July or August.
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The green-winged orchid (Orchis morio) is a perennial herb of the family Orchidaceae with rounded tubers and an erect leafy stem. The leaves are lanceolate, broadest at the middle. The leaves at the bottom are arranged in a rosette, those at the top are sheathed and erect. The flowers are violet-red in colour and borne in a loose terminal spike.
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The naked lady is a leafless pink orchid found in Australia and New Zealand.
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Oncidium is a genus of tropical American orchids including the 'dancing lady orchid'. They bear mostly yellow flowers in long racemes or spikes.
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Ophrys is a genus of hardy terrestrial orchids with three sub-equal sepals and two entire petals. Two species; the bee orchid (Ophrys apifera) and the fly orchid (Ophrys muscifera) are native to Britain, occurring in limestone and chalky districts.
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Orchid is the popular name for any plant of the family Orchidaceae. They are found in temperate and tropical regions and have showy flowers with three sepals and three petals, of which the lower one is usually larger, wider and more brightly coloured than the others and is known as the labellum. Orchids occur all over the world, but are most common in tropical countries. In temperate regions orchids are generally terrestrial, while thousands of tropical species are epiphytic, growing upon branches of jungle undergrowth and trees, without being parasitic. Almost all orchids are specially modified for insect fertilization, most interesting being the arrangement of pollen in club-shaped pollen masses or pollinia, which become glued to the head of any insect seeking the flower's nectar, and are so borne to other flowers.
Orchids are extensively cultivated for the variety and beauty of shape and colour from several species of orchids salep is prepared, and vanilla from unripe fruit of the species Vanilla planifolia.
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Cassey-Lee Jolleys is an English actress. She was born in 1974. After presenting the 1997 television show 'Milkshake!' she went on to play 'Orchid Pattaya' in the soap-opera 'Coronation Street' in 2004.
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Brother Orchid is a crime spoof starring Edward G Robinson in a story about a gangster's empire taken from him by his former right-hand man and his efforts to regain it. Brother Orchid was directed by Lloyd Bacon in 1940.
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Faham or Faam (Faam-Tea or Faham-tea) is the dried leaves of Angraecum fragrans, an orchid found in the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius and India, and sometimes used in France as a substitute for Chinese tea. It is much prized for the fragrance of its leaves, an infusion of which was formerly used as a stomachic and as an expectorant in pulmonary complaints.
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