I find this Orchidcapable of withstanding very rough treatment, but it requires some time (two years) to get fairly established.
To see well-grown flowers of this orchid either makes us feel more contented with our own climate or strongly reminds us of others where the most gorgeous varieties of flowers and fruit grow wild.
This terrestrial Orchid is not generally known to be hardy, but that such is the fact is beyond doubt.
Graperies, conservatories, an orchid house soon sprung up under his hand at this spot, larger than Spencer Wood had ever boasted of in its palmiest days, since 1860, it is the seat of J.
Slowly she unpinned her orchid and threw it among the elegant debris of the table.
It is too late, now that you have crushed my orchid it is too late to be so deferential.
Of all the carpenters for knocking the right nail on the head, you are the very best; no one else has perceived that my chief interest in my orchid book has been that it was a "flank movement" on the enemy.
I hope in a few days to get my brains in order, and then I will pick out all your orchid letters, and return them in hopes of your making use of them.
I should like to hear what you think about what I say in the last chapter of the orchid book on the meaning and cause of the endless diversity of means for the same general purpose.
Footnote 1: There is another small orchidbearing a slight resemblance to the wanna raja, which is often found growing along with it, called by the Singhalese iri raja, or "striped king.
He called it an orchid house, and said he preferred a few wholesome and indigenous weeds.
And we had such a quarrel once about the orchid house.
He began carefully removing portions here and there to examine under his microscope, when he noticed, almost crushed under his foot, a pale purple orchid like the one Cassandra had placed on his table.
He lifted a pale purple orchid she had placed in a tumbler at his hand and examined it.
The purple orchid was bruised beneath him, and its color deepened with his blood.
First of all, in company with my old friend Sir Stephen Somers, I made the expedition to Pongoland in search of the wonderful orchid which he desired to add to his collection.
Next comes a Burmese mother and her two young daughters, their bathing dress a smile and a Christmas orchid in the hair.
The girls are pictures; one has a yellow orchid between her golden coloured cheek and jet black hair, another a Marechal Niel rose above her forehead.
Well, I prefer roses,' observed Elena, replacing the orchid with a gesture of repulsion, very different from her former one of curiosity.
Elena Muti, taking up the vase and examining the orchid which seemed all blood-stained.
Still chuckling mirthlessly, he strode over to the big table by the window and, spreading out his orchid data over every conceivable inch of space, settled himself down serenely to compare one "flower of mystery" with another.
All the orchid world was there to welcome her, brilliant and ethereal as the hues of sunrise.
I felt a strong desire to snatch down the orchid and fling it out of the window, to denude the niche of its picture, to lay bare and naked the unashamed spirit of destruction that raged within me.
It was a shame, however, that the effect of the orchid as well as the gardenias should be wasted, and the morning after their visit to the Hands, Ena made an opportunity of speaking to Petro alone.
I want to put this wonderful pink orchid in just the right place in my dress, and I shall be nervous if you watch me.
It is a graceful climber, belonging to the orchid family.
Having now arrived in the region, I decided to devote a few days to looking for the orchid and at the same time investigate a great Penihing burial cave which was found by my predecessor.
Pink and orchid are often very becoming to older women; and pale blue or yellow to those with fair skin.
The next two wearorchid dresses, cream fichus, and cream hats trimmed with pale blue hydrangeas.
Flesh-colored slippers look much better with cream and orchid than with either green or blue, at any rate!
To enlist the services of Saunderson, would be almost impossible; he lives in his orchid houses; they are his world.
Shall you be proud of having anorchid named after--" "After my wife?
It was bright moonlight; and I walked up and down the planking, more and more resolved at every turn I took to decide upon the orchid business.
I had something in the stocking, though; and it was about this time that my thoughts kept turning continually towards the orchid trade.
The few rays of sunlight that straggled in fell in level bars on the green of the leaves, shadowing the dim outlines of the long colonnades of tree trunks, and occasionally lighting up the splendour of some rare orchid in full bloom.
A beautiful pink and white ground orchid (Calanthe) was plentiful.
I saw on this river a wonderfulorchid growing on large trees.
The latter part of the journey was through bushy country dotted about with many large orchid and fern-laden trees.
That mauve and grey orchid was probably not even sketched in with a lead pencil.
A hundred orchids preceded the orchid on the wall--some were good in colour and failed in drawing, and vice versâ.
But to attain such fluency it was necessary to paint that orchid a hundred times before its form and colour were learnt sufficiently to admit of the expression of all the flower's beauty in one painting.
She had the very softest blue eyes, and wore the daintiest orchid tint gown; but in spite of her apparent luxury, she instantly inspired the girls with a feeling of ease and confidence.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "orchid" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
