butterfly orchid

1. Any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids (synset 112100896)
   is a type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
   subtypes:

   • oncidium papilio kramerianum, psychopsis krameriana - orchid of South and Central America having flowers similar to but smaller than Psychopsis papilio; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium
   • oncidium papilio, psychopsis papilio - orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium
   belongs to: genus psychopsis, psychopsis - epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium
2. Any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers;
   Often grown as houseplants (synset 112094909)
   is a type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
   belongs to: genus oncidium - large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America
   same as: butterfly plant, dancing lady orchid, oncidium
3. Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip (synset 112082115)
   is a type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
   belongs to: encyclia, genus encyclia - large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum
   same as: butterfly orchis, encyclia venosa, epidendrum venosum
4. Orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers;
   Sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum (synset 112081881)
   is a type of: orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
   belongs to: encyclia, genus encyclia - large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum
   same as: encyclia tampensis, epidendrum tampense
5. Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip (synset 112064305)
   is a type of: orchis - any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
   same as: butterfly orchis, orchis papilionaceae

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