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Genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers
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epipactis
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Epipactis , or Helleborine , is a genus of terrestrial orchids consisting of approximately 70 species. This genus is abbreviated as Epcts in horticultural trade. They occur in temperate and subtropical climates of America , Asia , and Europe . These orchids ...
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Meadia, Dondia Epipactis, Doronicum caucasicum, Erysimum pumilum, Fritillaria armena, Gentiana acaulis, G.
Higher up the course of the river, Orchis conopsea, long-spurred and very sweet, the compact Orchis pyramidalis, and the rare Epipactis palustris are to be found, as well as Campanula Glomerata, and crow garlic, in an old chalk-pit nearly destroyed by the railway and the water works.