epiphyllum orchid cactus | any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers |
Orchidaceae family Orchidaceae orchid family | enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers |
orchid orchidaceous plant | any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors |
male orchis early purple orchid Orchis mascula | Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike |
butterfly orchid butterfly orchis Orchis papilionaceae | Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped roseed lip |
jewel orchid | any of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with metallic white or gold veining |
spider orchid Brassia lawrenceana | South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers |
spider orchid Brassia verrucosa | Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts |
zebra orchid Caladenia cairnsiana | orchid with reddish linear leaves and panicle of purple-marked pale-yellow flowers with deep red or purple lip, southwestern Australia |
jumping orchid Catasetum macrocarpum | 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 |
spreading pogonia funnelrest rosebud orchid Cleistes divaricata Pogonia divaricata | orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip, sometimes placed in genus Pogonia |
rosebud orchid Cleistes rosea Pogonia rosea | orchid of central and northern South America having - to -blossomed racemes of large showy roseolored flowers, sometimes placed in genus Pogonia |
satyr orchid Coeloglossum bracteatum | orchid with broad ovate leaves and long-bracted green very irregular flowers |
frog orchid Coeloglossum viride | orchid having hooded long-bracted green to yellow-green flowers suffused with purple |
helmetflower helmet orchid | 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 swanflower swan-flower swanneck swan-neck | any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan |
lady's slipper lady-slipper ladies' 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 |
phantom orchid snow orchid Eburophyton austinae | waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers, northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho |
tulip orchid Encyclia citrina Cattleya citrina | 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 Epidendrum venosum Encyclia venosa | Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip |
stream orchid chatterbox giant helleborine Epipactis gigantea | orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf |
fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea | European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs |
short-spurred fragrant orchid Gymnadenia odoratissima | similar to Gymnadenia conopsea but with smaller flowers on shorter stems and having much shorter spurs |
fringed orchis fringed orchid | 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 |
bog rein orchid bog candles Habenaria dilatata | orchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stems, of wet or boggy ground through most of the West and northern North America |
white fringed orchis white fringed orchid Habenaria albiflora | bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers |
purple-fringed orchid purple-fringed orchis Habenaria fimbriata | North American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowers |
coastal rein orchid Habenaria greenei | stout orchid of central California to northern Washington having racemes of white fragrant bilaterally symmetrical flowers |
Hooker's orchid Habenaria hookeri | a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal |
ragged orchid ragged orchis ragged-fringed orchid green fringed orchis Habenaria lacera | fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerated |
prairie orchid prairie white-fringed orchis Habenaria leucophaea | orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers |
snowy orchid Habenaria nivea | slender fringed orchid of eastern North America having white flowers |
round-leaved rein orchid Habenaria orbiculata | orchid having a raceme of large greenish-white flowers on a single flower stalk growing between two elliptic or round basal leaves lying on the ground, from northern Oregon and Montana across Canada to the eastern United States |
purple fringeless orchid purple fringeless orchis Habenaria peramoena | orchid of northeastern and alpine eastern North America closely related to the purple fringed orchids but having rosy-purple or violet flowers with denticulate leaf divisions |
purple-fringed orchid purple-fringed orchis Habenaria psycodes | North American orchid with clusters of fragrant purple fringed flowers |
Alaska rein orchid Habenaria unalascensis | similar to coastal rein orchid but with smaller flowers, Alaska to Baja California and east to the Dakotas and Colorado |
lizard orchid Himantoglossum hircinum | an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum |
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 |
pansy orchid | any of various orchids of the genus Miltonia having solitary or loosely racemose showy broadly spreading flowers |
oncidium dancing lady orchid butterfly plant butterfly orchid | 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 |
early spider orchid Ophrys sphegodes | spring-blooming spider orchid having a flower with yellow or green or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip |
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 |