Christmas orchid
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Christmas orchid is a name for various orchids, flowering around the time of Christmas
or otherwise popular as a Christmas decoration:
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
or otherwise popular as a Christmas decoration:
- Angraecum sesquipedaleAngraecum sesquipedaleAngraecum sesquipedale is an epiphytic orchid in the genus Angraecum that is endemic to Madagascar. The orchid was first discovered by the French botanist Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars in 1798, but was not described until 1822...
(Star of Bethlehem Orchid) - Cattleya percivalianaCattleya percivalianaCattleya percivaliana is a species of orchid. It shares the common name of "Christmas Orchid" with C. trianae and Angraecum sesquipedale The diploid chromosome number of C. percivaliana has been determined as 2n = 40...
(Percival's Cattleya) - Dipodium punctatumDipodium punctatumDipodium punctatum is a native orchid of Australia....
(a hyacinth orchid) - Winika cunninghamii (Winika)