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Hooker's orchid

Hooker's orchid

9.9
An orchid with a long tube behind the flower and leaves at its base
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : orquídea de Hooker
  • The botanical garden had a rare specimen of Hooker's orchid in its alpine section.

Examples

  • Researchers discovered new growth of Hooker's orchid in the mountainous region last spring.

  • Enthusiasts travel from afar to photograph Hooker's orchid when it blooms in the wild.

  • Look at that stunning Hooker's orchid over there!

  • I saw a beautiful Hooker's orchid in the garden.

  • Enthusiasts travel from afar to photograph Hooker's orchid when it blooms in the wild.

  • Researchers discovered new growth of Hooker's orchid in the mountainous region last spring.

  • The botanical garden had a rare specimen of Hooker's orchid in its alpine section.

Synonyms

Habenaria hookeri
vsHooker's orchid
  • Specialized
9.9

An orchid with long narrow flower parts and leaves at the base

is the common English label rather than the Latin scientific form

Surface Forms

Hooker's orchid singular
Hooker's orchids plural

Morphology

Hooker's + orchid

The word 'orchid' makes it obvious to a B1 learner that this is a kind of flowering plant, and the possessive 'Hooker's' signals it is named after or associated with someone called Hooker, so the basic category is derivable. However, the specific botanical features that distinguish this species (long spur, basal leaves, petal arrangement) are not predictable from the constituents, so the expression is only partially transparent.

Etymology

Hooker's orchid comes from the botanist Hooker, who first found or wrote about the plant. Think of it as 'the orchid of Hooker', so the name simply links this rare orchid to the person who discovered or studied it.