genus brassia

1. Genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids (synset 112068055)
   is a type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
   member holonym:

   • brassia lawrenceana, spider orchid - South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers
   • brassia verrucosa, spider orchid - Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts
   belongs to: family orchidaceae, orchid family, orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
   same as: brassia

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