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Definition of Brassia lawrenceana
1. Noun. South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers.
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Brassia, Genus Brassia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brassia Lawrenceana
| Brannock Devices Branson Branta Branta bernicla Branta canadensis Branta leucopsis Braque Brasdor's method Brasenia Brasenia schreberi | Brasil Brasilia |
Literary usage of Brassia lawrenceana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1841)
"... border during the summer months, and add a pretty feature to its common ornaments.
Bot. Mag. 3858. brassia lawrenceana. Mrs. Lawrence, of Baling Park ..."
2. The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits by Robert Hogg (1870)
"In brassia lawrenceana longissima we have a magnificent Costa Bica plant, with
deep tawny orange sepals 7 in. long, marked with a few large purple spots, ..."
3. In the Guiana Forest: Studies of Nature in Relation to the Struggle for Life by James Rodway (1894)
"There, on the side of a branch, is a fine clump of brassia lawrenceana, its spikes
of yellow flowers dotted with crimson arching gracefully over, ..."
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