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Definition of Gymnadenia conopsea
1. Noun. European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs.
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Gymnadenia, Gymnadenia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gymnadenia Conopsea
Literary usage of Gymnadenia conopsea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects by Charles Darwin (1904)
"Gymnadenia conopsea.—In general appearance this plant resembles pretty closely
a true Orchis. The pollinia differ in having naked, narrow, strap-shaped Fig. ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"Tims, for instance, the perianth of the Orchid Gymnadenia conopsea has a long
spur—that is to say, the segment of the perianth known as the labellum is ..."
3. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1864)
"I was staying in a part of Kent where Orchis maculata and Cephalanthera grandiflora
were especially abundant ; and Gymnadenia conopsea, and Orchis ..."
4. The Flora of Berkshire: Being a Topographical and Historical Account of the by George Claridge Druce (1897)
"Soc. Journ. xviii. (1881) 354'. Fragrant Orchis. Orchis conopsea, Linn. Sp. PI.
942. Gymnadenia conopsea, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. 2, v. 191. ..."
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