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Definition of Rein orchis
1. Noun. Any of several American wildflowers with a kidney-shaped lip.
Generic synonyms: Orchid, Orchidaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Habenaria, Habenaria
Specialized synonyms: Bog Candles, Bog Rein Orchid, Habenaria Dilatata, Elegant Habenaria, Habenaria Elegans, Coastal Rein Orchid, Habenaria Greenei, Habenaria Orbiculata, Round-leaved Rein Orchid, Alaska Rein Orchid, Habenaria Unalascensis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rein Orchis
Literary usage of Rein orchis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A flora of western middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"REIN-ORCHIS. Stems erect, leafy at least at base, solitary from fleshy ...
WOOD REIN-ORCHIS. Stem slender, 10 to 20 in. high, with 2 (or sometimes 3) leaves ..."
2. The Published Writings of Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1843-1882 by George Brown Goode (1883)
"REIN-ORCHIS. August. ... GREEN REIN-ORCHIS. Hunting Creek ; Eastern Branch Marsh ;
rare. Third week in Jane, ..."
3. Catalogue of the Flora of Minnesota Including Its Phaenogamous and Vascular by Warren Upham (1884)
"Rein-Orchis. Northern White Orchis. Lake Superior, Whitney; Detroit, ... Rein-Orchis.
Abundant north of lake Superior, Juni, Roberts. North. ..."