NOUN | plant | butterfly orchis, butterfly orchid, Epidendrum venosum, Encyclia venosa | Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip |
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plant | butterfly orchis, butterfly orchid, Orchis papilionaceae | Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip |
Meaning | Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip. | |
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Synonyms | butterfly orchid, 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 | Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip. | |
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Synonyms | butterfly orchid, Orchis papilionaceae | |
Broader | orchis | Any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes |
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