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Definition of Oncidium papilio
1. Noun. Orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oncidium Papilio
Literary usage of Oncidium papilio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Floral Magazine: Comprising Figures and Descriptions of Popular Garden by Thomas Moore, Walter Hood Fitch (1870)
"... but perhaps in none is it more remarkable than in the species Oncidium papilio
and Papilio Major. Few persons for the first time admitted into an orchid ..."
2. The Amateur Orchid Cultivators' Guide Book by H. A. Burberry (1900)
"The wood of the pear tree, apple tree, or of the dogwood (Cornus) is the best ;
I remember once placing some plants of Oncidium papilio (the Butterfly ..."
3. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"The fine old Butterfly Orchid, Oncidium papilio, although introduced from Trinidad
more than seventy years ago, is never plentiful, ..."
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