orchid

"I found it completely riveting," said Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief.

In the dusty corridors of power, Disraeli was an exotic orchid whose drag enlivened many a boring wet Monday.

In the center of the room, a circular glass table displayed a single white orchid.

She had been raised as a debutante, a beautiful, delicate orchid from Vancouver, Canada.

On my kitchen windowsill (yes, I have a windowed kitchen, my first ever), are four orchid plants.

The boys light Roman candles, shooting crimson and orchid and brass-flamed astonishers into the clouds.

The Iris is to the garden what the Orchid is to the greenhouse.

The Orchid family is certainly the most curious in the vegetable kingdom, as it is almost the most extensive, except the Grasses.

This was not a sea-weed, but a lichen—probably the same from which the orchid purple of modern art is prepared.

A beautiful pink and white ground orchid (Calanthe) was plentiful.