NOUN | plant | butterfly orchid | any orchid of the genus Psychopsis |
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plant | butterfly orchid, oncidium, dancing lady orchid, butterfly plant | any orchid of the genus Oncidium | |
plant | butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, Epidendrum venosum, Encyclia venosa | Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip | |
plant | butterfly orchid, Encyclia tampensis, Epidendrum tampense | orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers | |
plant | butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, Orchis papilionaceae | Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip |
Meaning | Any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids. | |
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Member of | Psychopsis, genus Psychopsis | epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium |
Narrower | Psychopsis krameriana, Oncidium papilio kramerianum | orchid of South and Central America having flowers similar to but smaller than Psychopsis papilio |
Psychopsis papilio, Oncidium papilio | orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers | |
Broader | orchid, orchidaceous plant | Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors |
Meaning | Any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants. | |
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Synonyms | oncidium, dancing lady orchid, butterfly plant | |
Member of | genus Oncidium | large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America |
Broader | orchid, orchidaceous plant | Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors |
Spanish | oncidium | |
Catalan | oncidium |
Meaning | Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip. | |
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Synonyms | butterfly orchis, Epidendrum venosum, Encyclia venosa | |
Member of | Encyclia, genus Encyclia | large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies |
Broader | orchid, orchidaceous plant | Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors |
Meaning | orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum. | |
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Synonyms | Encyclia tampensis, Epidendrum tampense | |
Member of | Encyclia, genus Encyclia | large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies |
Broader | orchid, orchidaceous plant | Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors |
Meaning | Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip. | |
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Synonyms | butterfly orchis, Orchis papilionaceae | |
Broader | orchis | Any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes |
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