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Definition of Calypso bulbosa
1. Noun. Rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calypso Bulbosa
Literary usage of Calypso bulbosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Native Orchids: A Series of Drawings from Nature of All the Species by William Hamilton Gibson, Helena Dewey Leeming Jelliffe (1905)
"It is Calypso bulbosa. Its specific name used to be Calypso borealis, which
meant "Nymph of the North," for the flower ..."
2. Bog-trotting for Orchids by Grace Greylock Niles (1904)
"Calypso bulbosa (Linnaeus) Oakes, 1753-1842 » BEAUTIFUL CALYPSO—NORTHERN CALYPSO
The specific name, bulbosa, refers to the bulbous root of this species, ..."
3. Report (1913)
"In damp sand on or not far from sandy beach. Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes. Calypso.
Reported by \VD Whitney. Not noticed in 1912. SALICACEAE—WILLOW FAMILY. ..."
4. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia W. Henshaw (1915)
"CALYPSO Calypso bulbosa. Orchid Family Stems: with two or three membranaceous
sheaths, and a linear bract at the summit. Leaves: leaf solitary, broadly ..."
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