orchids
- plural of orchid.
Example Sentences
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The double bloom this summer was “definitely a surprise,” said Brandon Tam, the Huntington’s associate curator of orchids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
For readers enjoying their potted orchids at home, Mr. Haskell has a sobering message.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
He, fellow staff and scores of volunteers were shuffling between tasks like firing up stoves and spreading protective covers on a collection of smaller plants, like orchids.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Since she hired staff to deal with it, areas that were barren ground have begun bursting with oxlips and early purple orchids.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025
There, in the dark, sitting on a sack of bark chips for her orchids, Dedd had slowly turned the dial on Jaimito Enrique’s transistor radio.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
