greater butterfly orchid


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Related to greater butterfly orchid: lesser butterfly orchid, Platanthera bifolia
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Noun1.greater butterfly orchid - south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
Habenaria chlorantha, Platanthera chlorantha
orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
genus Platanthera, Platanthera - herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres
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