any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors | any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids |
| Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip |
| orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum |
| Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip |
| any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants |