Definition of Cleistes rosea

1. Noun. Orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia.

Exact synonyms: Pogonia Rosea, Rosebud Orchid
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Cleistes, Genus Cleistes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleistes Rosea

Clayton
Claytonia
Claytonia caroliniana
Claytonia virginica
Claytons
Clean Language
Cleanthes
Clear
Cleaveland
Cleemann's sign
Cleese's woolly lemur
Cleese's woolly lemurs
Cleggmania
Cleistes
Cleistes divaricata
Cleistes rosea
Cleland's reagent
Cleland nomenclature
Clelia
Clematis baldwinii
Clematis crispa
Clematis lasiantha
Clematis ochreleuca
Clematis tangutica
Clematis texensis
Clematis versicolor
Clematis verticillaris
Clematis viorna
Clematis virginiana

Literary usage of Cleistes rosea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of by Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana (1894)
"Even in the swamp *he beautiful cleistes rosea, almost as large and quite as beautiful as some of the Cattleyas, grows to perfection, with several ..."

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