Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyts New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
Orchid (Orchis)
In the marsh pink orchids faces, With their coy and dainty graces, Lure us to their hiding places Laugh, O murmuring Spring! Sarah F. DavisSummer Song.
Around the pillars of the palm-tree bower The orchids cling, in rose and purple spheres; Shield-broad the lily floats; the aloe flower Foredates its hundred years. Bayard TaylorCanopus.