butterfly orchid

Noun

• Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip

• orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum

• Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip

• any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants

• any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  butterfly orchis , Orchis papilionaceae , Encyclia tampensis , Epidendrum tampense , Epidendrum venosum , Encyclia venosa , oncidium , dancing lady orchid , butterfly plant