Butterfly Orchid definition

(1) Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip

(2) Orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum

(3) Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip

(4) Any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants

(5) Any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids