#orchid__orchidaceous_plant  any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
  supertype:  #flower  a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
  part:  #mentum  #mentum.plant_part
  member of:  #family_Orchidaceae
  subtype:  #orchis  any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
     subtype:  #male_orchis__early_purple_orchid__Orchis_mascula  Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike
     subtype:  #Orchis_papilionaceae__butterfly_orchid__butterflyorchid__butterflyorchi  Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip
     subtype:  #showy_orchis__purple_orchis__purple-hooded_orchis__Orchis_spectabilis  North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood
  subtype:  #aerides__aeride  any orchid of the genus Aerides
  subtype:  #angrecum  any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having 2-ranked dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers
  subtype:  #jewel_orchid__jewelorchid  any of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with metallic white or gold veining
  subtype:  #puttyroot__adam-and-eve__Aplectrum_hyemale  North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers
  subtype:  #arethusa  any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers
     subtype:  #bog_rose__bogrose__wild_pink__dragon's_mouth__Arethusa_bulbosa  a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide-gaping corolla; Canada
  subtype:  #bletia  any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudo-bulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers
  subtype:  #Bletilla_striata__Bletia_striata  Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia
  subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #Brassia_lawrenceana__spider_orchid  South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers
  subtype:  #Brassia_verrucosa__spider_orchid  Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts
  subtype:  #caladenia  any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia
     subtype:  #zebra_orchid__zebraorchid__Caladenia_cairnsiana  orchid with red-tinged linear leaves and panicle of purple-marked pale-yellow flowers with deep red or purple lip; southwestern Australia
  subtype:  #calanthe  any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise
  subtype:  #grass_pink__grasspink__calopogonpulchellum__Calopogon_tuberosum  an orchid
  subtype:  #calypso__fairyslipper__Calypso_bulbosa  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
  subtype:  #jumping_orchid__jumpingorchid__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
  subtype:  #cattleya  any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a hood-shaped three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known
  subtype:  #helleborine  any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera
     subtype:  #red_helleborine__redhelleborine__Cephalanthera_rubra  orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers
  subtype:  #spreading_pogonia__spreadingpogonia__funnel-crest_rosebud_orchid__Cleistes_divaricata__Pogonia_divaricata  orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
  subtype:  #rosebud_orchid__rosebudorchid__Cleistes_rosea__Pogonia_rosea  orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
  subtype:  #satyr_orchid__satyrorchid__Coeloglossum_bracteatum  orchid with broad ovate leaves and long-bracted green very irregular flowers
  subtype:  #Coeloglossum_viride__frog_orchid  orchid having hooded long-bracted green to yellow-green flowers suffused with purple
  subtype:  #coelogyne  any of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne with: clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white flowers; sinister 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
  subtype:  #coral_root__coralroot  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
     subtype:  #spotted_coral_root__spottedcoralroot__Corallorhiza_maculata  common coral root having yellowish- or reddish- or purplish-brown leafless stems bearing loose racemes of similarly colored flowers with white purple-spotted lips; Guatemala to Canada
     subtype:  #striped_coral_root__stripedcoralroot__Corallorhiza_striata  nearly leafless wildflower with erect reddish-purple stems bearing racemes of pale pinkish and brownish-striped flowers; western Canada to Mexico
     subtype:  #early_coral_root__earlycoralroot__pale_coral_root__Corallorhiza_trifida  plant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lips; northern New Mexico north through South Dakota and Washington to Alaska
  subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #swan_orchid__swanflower__swanneck  any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan
  subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #cypripedia  a plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium
  subtype:  #lady's_slipper__lady-slipper__ladies'_slipper__ladies'slipper__slipper_orchid__slipperorchid  any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden
     subtype:  #moccasin_flower__nerveroot__Cypripedium_acaule  once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America
     subtype:  #common_lady's-slipper__showy_lady's-slipper__showy_lady_slipper__Cypripedium_reginae__Cypripedium_album  pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip
     subtype:  #ram's-head_lady's_slipper__ram's-head__ram'shead__Cypripedium_arietinum  orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head
     subtype:  #yellow_lady's_slipper__yellow_lady-slipper__Cypripedium_calceolus__Cypripedium_parviflorum  maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan
        subtype:  #large_yellow_lady's_slipper__Cypripedium_calceolus_pubescens  plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers
     subtype:  #California_lady's_slipper__Cypripedium_californicum  often having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California
     subtype:  #clustered_lady's_slipper__Cypripedium_fasciculatum  clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves and 2-4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple; British Columbia to central California and northern Colorado
     subtype:  #mountain_lady's_slipper__Cypripedium_montanum  leafy plant having a few stems in a clump with 1 white and dull purple flower in each upper leaf axil; Alaska to northern California and Wyoming
  subtype:  #marsh_orchid__marshorchid  any of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous roots; Europe and Mediterranean region
  subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #dendrobium  a plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers
  subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #phantom_orchid__phantomorchid__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
  subtype:  #tulip_orchid__tuliporchid__Encyclia_citrina__Cattleya_citrina  Mexican epiphytic orchid with glaucous gray-green leaves and lemon- to golden-yellow flowers appearing only partially opened; sometimes placed in genus Cattleya
  subtype:  #Encyclia_tampensis__butterfly_orchid__butterflyorchid__epidendrumtampense  orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum
  subtype:  #butterfly_orchis__butterfly_orchid__butterflyorchid__epidendrumvenosum__Encyclia_venosa  Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip
  subtype:  #epidendron  any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum
  subtype:  #helleborine.orchid  any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
     subtype:  #Epipactis_helleborine  European orchid with spikes of green and pinkish or purplish flowers
     subtype:  #stream_orchid__chatterbox__giant_helleborine__gianthelleborine__Epipactis_gigantea  orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
  subtype:  #tongueflower  orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue- or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base
  subtype:  #rattlesnake_plantain__rattlesnakeplantain__helleborine  any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
  subtype:  #fragrant_orchid__Gymnadenia_conopsea  European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs
  subtype:  #short-spurred_fragrant_orchid__Gymnadenia_odoratissima  similar to Gymnadenia conopsea but with smaller flowers on shorter stems and having much shorter spurs
  subtype:  #fringed_orchis__fringed_orchid__fringedorchid  any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip
     subtype:  #white_fringed_orchis__white_fringed_orchid__whitefringedorchid__Habenaria_albiflora  bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers
     subtype:  #Habenaria_fimbriata__purple-fringed_orchid__purple-fringed_orchis  North American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowers
     subtype:  #Hooker's_orchid__Habenaria_hookeri  a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal
     subtype:  #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 lacerate
     subtype:  #prairie_orchid__prairieorchid__prairiewhitefringedorchi__Habenaria_leucophaea  orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers
     subtype:  #snowy_orchid__snowyorchid__Habenaria_nivea  slender fringed orchid of eastern North America having white flowers
     subtype:  #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
     subtype:  #purple-fringed_orchid__purple-fringed_orchis__Habenaria_psycodes  North American orchid with clusters of fragrant purple fringed flowers
  subtype:  #frog_orchid  any of several green orchids of the genus Habenaria
  subtype:  #rein_orchid__rein_orchis  any of several American wildflowers with a kidney-shaped lip
     subtype:  #bog_rein_orchid__bog_candles__bogcandle__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
     subtype:  #elegant_Habenaria__Habenaria_elegans  slender inland rein orchid similar to coastal rein orchid but with pale greenish-yellow flowers
     subtype:  #coastal_rein_orchid__Habenaria_greenei  stout orchid of central California to northern Washington having racemes of white fragrant bilaterally symmetrical flowers
     subtype:  #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
     subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #crested_coral_root__crestedcoralroot__Hexalectris_spicata  orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States
  subtype:  #Texas_purple_spike__Hexalectris_warnockii  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
  subtype:  #lizard_orchid__Himantoglossum_hircinum  an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum
  subtype:  #laelia  any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors
  subtype:  #liparis__lipari  an orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes
  subtype:  #twayblade  an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves
  subtype:  #fen_orchid__fenorchid__fen_orchis__Liparis_loeselii  small terrestrial orchid of eastern North America and Europe having two nearly basal leaves and dull yellow-green racemose flowers
  subtype:  #broad-leaved_twayblade__Listera_convallarioides  small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers; western North America
  subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #green_adder's_mouth__greenadder'smouth__Malaxis-unifolia__Malaxis_ophioglossoides  North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals
  subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #maxillaria  any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers
  subtype:  #pansy_orchid__pansyorchid  any of various orchids of the genus Miltonia having solitary or loosely racemose showy broadly spreading flowers
  subtype:  #odontoglossum  any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors
  subtype:  #oncidium__dancing_lady_orchid__butterfly_plant__butterfly_orchid__butterflyorchid  any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
  subtype:  #bee_orchid__beeorchid__ophrysapifera  European orchid whose flowers resemble bumble bees in shape and color
  subtype:  #Ophrys_insectifera__fly_orchid__flyorchid__Ophrys_muscifera  European orchid whose flowers resemble flies
  subtype:  #spider_orchid  any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys
     subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #Venus'_slipper__Venus's_slipper__Venus's_shoe  any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips
  subtype:  #phaius  an orchid of the genus Phaius having large plicate leaves and racemes of showy flowers
  subtype:  #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 gray and silver
     subtype:  #butterfly_plant__Phalaenopsis_amabilis  orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red
  subtype:  #rattlesnake_orchid__rattlesnakeorchid  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
  subtype:  #lesser_butterfly_orchid__Platanthera_bifolia__Habenaria_bifolia  south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
  subtype:  #greater_butterfly_orchid__greaterbutterflyorchid__Platanthera_chlorantha__Habenaria_chlorantha  south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
  subtype:  #prairie_white-fringed_orchid__prairiewhitefringedorchid__Platanthera_leucophea  of central North America; a threatened species
  subtype:  #tangle_orchid  an orchid of the genus Plectorrhiza having tangled roots and long wiry stems bearing lax racemes of small fragrant green flowers
  subtype:  #Indian_crocus  any of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing 1 or 2 solitary slender-stalked white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers
  subtype:  #pleurothallis__pleurothalli  any of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers
  subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #butterfly_orchid__butterflyorchid  any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids
     subtype:  #Psychopsis_krameriana__Oncidium_papilio_kramerianum  orchid of South and Central America having flowers similar to but smaller than Psychopsis papilio; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium
     subtype:  #Psychopsis_papilio__Oncidium_papilio  orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium
  subtype:  #helmet_orchid__greenhood  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
  subtype:  #foxtail_orchid__foxtailorchid  any of various orchids of the genus Rhyncostylis having pink- to purple-marked white flowers in a dense cylindrical raceme
  subtype:  #orange-blossom_orchid__Sarcochilus_falcatus  diminutive Australian orchid with loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with purple and orange markings on the lip
  subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #ladies'_tresses__ladies'tresse__lady's_tresses  an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers
     subtype:  #screw_augur__screwaugur__Spiranthes_cernua  an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having tall erect densely flowered spiraling clusters of creamy white vanilla-scented flowers; widely distributed especially in low damp places of eastern and central North America
     subtype:  #hooded_ladies'_tresses__Spiranthes_romanzoffiana  orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood; western North America
     subtype:  #western_ladies'_tresses__Spiranthes_porrifolia  similar to Spiranthes romanzoffiana;States
     subtype:  #European_ladies'_tresses__Spiranthes_spiralis  European orchid having shorter racemes of strongly spiraling snow-white flowers
  subtype:  #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
  subtype:  #stelis  any of various small tropical American orchids of the genus Stelis having long slender racemes of numerous small to minute flowers
  subtype:  #fly_orchid__flyorchid  any of several dwarf creeping orchids with small bizarre insectlike hairy flowers on slender stalks
  subtype:  #vanda  any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes
     subtype:  #blue_orchid__Vanda_coerulea  famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers
  subtype:  #vanilla.orchid  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
     subtype:  #vanilla_orchid__vanillaorchid__Vanilla_planifolia  climbing non-ornamental orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America

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