Orchid

Of flower and Orchidaceae.   May also be referred to as orchidaceous plant.

Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors.

This concept's ID is @1~60459

Encyclia

  • tulip orchid 0 facts

    Mexican epiphytic orchid with glaucous grey-green leaves and lemon- to golden-yellow...

  • butterfly orchid 0 facts

    Orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes...

  • butterfly orchid 0 facts

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

Habenaria

  • fringed orchis 8 facts

    Any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated...

  • rein orchid 5 facts

    Any of several American wildflowers with a kidney-shaped lip.

  • frog orchid 0 facts

    Any of several green orchids of the genus Habenaria.

Brassia

  • spider orchid 0 facts

    South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers.

  • spider orchid 0 facts

    Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts.

Cleistes

  • spreading pogonia 0 facts

    Orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped...

  • rosebud orchid 0 facts

    Orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of...

Coeloglossum

  • satyr orchid 0 facts

    Orchid with broad ovate leaves and long-bracted green very irregular flowers.

  • frog orchid 0 facts

    Orchid having hooded long-bracted green to yellow-green flowers suffused with purpl...

Cypripedium

  • lady's slipper 7 facts

    Any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult...

  • cypripedia 0 facts

    A plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium.

Dactylorhiza

  • marsh orchid 0 facts

    Any of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous roots;...

  • common spotted orchid 0 facts

    European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white...

Gymnadenia

Hexalectris

  • crested coral root 0 facts

    Orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to...

  • Texas purple spike 0 facts

    Orchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of...

Also contains

  • coral root 3 facts

    A wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated...

  • orchis 3 facts

    Any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal...

  • helleborine 2 facts

    Any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis.

  • caladenia 1 facts

    Any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia.

  • helleborine 1 facts

    Any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera.

  • arethusa 1 facts

    Any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers.

  • brassavola 0 facts

    Any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy...

  • mentum 0 facts

    A projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids.

  • calanthe 0 facts

    Any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored...

  • grass pink 0 facts

    An orchid.

  • calypso 0 facts

    Rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple...

  • jumping orchid 0 facts

    Orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection...

  • cattleya 0 facts

    Any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column;...

  • coelogyne 0 facts

    Any of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne with: clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white...

  • helmetflower 0 facts

    Any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented...

  • swan orchid 0 facts

    Any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers...

  • cymbid 0 facts

    Any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster...

  • dendrobium 0 facts

    A plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose fl...

  • disa 0 facts

    Any orchid of the genus Disa; beautiful orchids with dark green leaves and usually hooded flowers;...

  • phantom orchid 0 facts

    Waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers;...

  • epidendron 0 facts

    Any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum.

  • tongueflower 0 facts

    Orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue-shaped or strap-shaped protuberances...

  • helleborine 0 facts

    Any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves...

  • mentum 0 facts

    A projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin.

  • aerides 0 facts

    Any orchid of the genus Aerides.

  • angrecum 0 facts

    Any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves...

  • jewel orchid 0 facts

    Any of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with...

  • puttyroot 0 facts

    North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers.

  • bletia 0 facts

    Any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudobulbs and erect leafless racemes...

  • Bletilla striata 0 facts

    Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to...

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