orchid

Noun
  1. Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors (synset 112061915)
    is a type of: flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
    subtypes:
    • orchis - any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
    • aerides - any orchid of the genus Aerides
    • angrecum - any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers
    • jewel orchid - any of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with metallic white or gold veining
    • adam-and-eve, aplectrum hyemale, puttyroot - North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers
    • arethusa - any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers
    • bletia - any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudobulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers
    • bletia striata, bletilla striata - Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia
    • brassavola - any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7
    • 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
    • caladenia - any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia
    • calanthe - any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise
    • calopogon pulchellum, calopogon tuberosum, grass pink - an orchid
    • calypso, calypso bulbosa, fairy-slipper - rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf
    • catasetum macrocarpum, jumping orchid - orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected
    • cattleya - any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known
    • helleborine - any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera
    • cleistes divaricata, funnel-crest rosebud orchid, pogonia divaricata, spreading pogonia - orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
    • cleistes rosea, pogonia rosea, rosebud orchid - orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
    • coeloglossum bracteatum, satyr orchid - orchid with broad ovate leaves and long-bracted green very irregular flowers
    • coeloglossum viride, frog orchid - orchid having hooded long-bracted green to yellow-green flowers suffused with purple
    • coelogyne - any of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne with: clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white flowers; salmon-pink solitary flowers; chainlike racemes of topaz and chocolate brown flowers; spikes of delicate white spice-scented flowers; emerald green flowers marked with blue-black
    • coral root - a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor
    • helmet orchid, helmetflower - any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process
    • swan orchid, swan-flower, swan-neck, swanflower, swanneck - any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan
    • cymbid, cymbidium - any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers
    • cypripedia - a plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium
    • ladies' slipper, lady slipper, lady's slipper, lady's-slipper, lady-slipper, slipper orchid - any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden
    • marsh orchid - any of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous roots; Europe and Mediterranean region
    • common spotted orchid, dactylorhiza fuchsii, dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii - European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple
    • dendrobium - a plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers
    • disa - any orchid of the genus Disa; beautiful orchids with dark green leaves and usually hooded flowers; much prized as emblematic flowers in their native regions
    • eburophyton austinae, phantom orchid, snow orchid - waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers; northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho
    • cattleya citrina, encyclia citrina, tulip orchid - Mexican epiphytic orchid with glaucous grey-green leaves and lemon- to golden-yellow flowers appearing only partially opened; sometimes placed in genus Cattleya
    • butterfly orchid, encyclia tampensis, epidendrum tampense - orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum
    • butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, encyclia venosa, epidendrum venosum - Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip
    • epidendron - any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum
    • helleborine - any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
    • tongue-flower, tongueflower - orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue-shaped or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base
    • helleborine, rattlesnake plantain - any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
    • fragrant orchid, gymnadenia conopsea - European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs
    • gymnadenia odoratissima, short-spurred fragrant orchid - similar to Gymnadenia conopsea but with smaller flowers on shorter stems and having much shorter spurs
    • fringed orchid, fringed orchis - any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip
    • frog orchid - any of several green orchids of the genus Habenaria
    • rein orchid, rein orchis - any of several American wildflowers with a kidney-shaped lip
    • crested coral root, hexalectris spicata - orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States
    • hexalectris warnockii, texas purple spike - orchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers; of open brushy woods of southeastern Arizona and central Texas
    • himantoglossum hircinum, lizard orchid - an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum
    • laelia - any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors
    • liparis - an orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes
    • twayblade - an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves
    • fen orchid, fen orchis, liparis loeselii - small terrestrial orchid of eastern North America and Europe having two nearly basal leaves and dull yellow-green racemose flowers
    • broad-leaved twayblade, listera convallarioides - small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers; western North America
    • lesser twayblade, listera cordata - orchid having two triangular leaves and a short lax raceme of green to rust-colored flowers with the lip flushed mauve; Europe and Asia and North America and Greenland
    • listera ovata, twayblade - orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia
    • green adder's mouth, malaxis ophioglossoides, malaxis-unifolia - North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals
    • masdevallia - any of numerous orchids of the genus Masdevallia; tufted evergreen often diminutive plants whose flowers in a remarkable range of colors usually resemble a tricorn with sepals fused at the base to form a tube
    • maxillaria - any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers
    • pansy orchid - any of various orchids of the genus Miltonia having solitary or loosely racemose showy broadly spreading flowers
    • odontoglossum - any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors
    • butterfly orchid, butterfly plant, dancing lady orchid, oncidium - any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
    • bee orchid, ophrys apifera - European orchid whose flowers resemble bumble bees in shape and color
    • fly orchid, ophrys insectifera, ophrys muscifera - European orchid whose flowers resemble flies
    • spider orchid - any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys
    • venus' slipper, venus's shoe, venus's slipper - any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips
    • phaius - an orchid of the genus Phaius having large plicate leaves and racemes of showy flowers
    • moth orchid, moth plant - any of various orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis having often drooping glossy broad obovate or oval leaves usually dark green flushed purple or mottled grey and silver
    • rattlesnake orchid - any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail
    • habenaria bifolia, lesser butterfly orchid, platanthera bifolia - south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
    • greater butterfly orchid, habenaria chlorantha, platanthera chlorantha - south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
    • platanthera leucophea, prairie white-fringed orchid - of central North America; a threatened species
    • tangle orchid - an orchid of the genus Plectorrhiza having tangled roots and long wiry stems bearing lax racemes of small fragrant green flowers
    • indian crocus - any of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing one or two solitary white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers with slender stalks
    • pleurothallis - any of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers
    • pogonia - any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia: terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower
    • butterfly orchid - any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids
    • greenhood, helmet orchid - any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood
    • foxtail orchid - any of various orchids of the genus Rhyncostylis having pink- to purple-marked white flowers in a dense cylindrical raceme
    • orange-blossom orchid, sarcochilus falcatus - diminutive Australian orchid with loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with purple and orange markings on the lip
    • sobralia - any of various showy orchids of the genus Sobralia having leafy stems and bright-colored solitary or racemose flowers similar to those of genus Cattleya
    • ladies' tresses, lady's tresses - an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers
    • stanhopea - any of various orchids of the genus Stanhopea having a single large leaf and loose racemes of large fragrant flowers of various colors; Mexico to Brazil
    • stelis - any of various small tropical American orchids of the genus Stelis having long slender racemes of numerous small to minute flowers
    • fly orchid - any of several dwarf creeping orchids with small bizarre insect-like hairy flowers on slender stalks
    • vanda - any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes
    • vanilla - any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers
    belongs to: family orchidaceae, orchid family, orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
    has:
    • mentum - a projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin
    • mentum - a projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids
    same as: orchidaceous plant

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