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These extensive and open downs are, nevertheless, well grassed, and covered with a profusion of orchideous plants.— Expedition into Central Australia
"Oh! here are Colonel Macdonald's orchideous plants to be sold.— A Dark Night's Work
The most attractive feature of these shows appears to be the orchideous or air-plants, as they are popularly known.— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852
Forster in New Zealand in 46 degrees, where orchideous plants are parasitical on the trees.— The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002
Its nest, he says, is formed of moss at some height from the ground, supported on clusters of orchideous plants.— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon

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