butterfly orchid

noun

variants or less commonly butterfly orchis
1
: either of two European terrestrial orchids of the genus Platanthera (P. bifolia and P. chlorantha)
2
: a Mexican epiphytic orchid (Epidendrum venosum) often cultivated
3
4
: an orchid of the genus Gymnadenia

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