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Definition of Blue orchid
1. Noun. Famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Orchid
Literary usage of Blue orchid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adventures Among the Dyaks of Borneo by Frederick Boyle (1865)
"... "Unhealthiness of Bidi—Poisoning with ••' Tuba "—Caves of Bidi—Edible
Birds'Nests—Night at the Caves—Butterflies— Snakes—Flowers—blue orchid—Dyak ..."
2. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1897)
"The blue orchid was never on that occasion found, but was discovered in 1862 ...
"When his collection, however, was sold, the blue orchid was not among its ..."
3. Florida Trails as Seen from Jacksonville to Key West and from November to by Winthrop Packard (1910)
"... showing a wonderful blue, hyacinth-like bloom that one might almost take for
a translucent blue orchid, the standard petal larger and deeper blue with a ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1890)
"... view of the entrance to Père-la-Chaise, the famous Parisian cemetery, and an
illustration of a remarkable specimen of the beautiful blue orchid, ..."
5. Gardening (1905)
"... commonly called "the blue orchid," is one of the grandest autumn flowering
orchids we have. The flowers are four inches across pale blue, ..."
6. Bulletin by Natural History Society of New Brunswick (1903)
"... these colors were well established before blue made its appearance, that the
blue orchid is yet rare, because sufficient time has not elapsed for its ..."
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