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genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia

: a genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids that are natives of India and the Malay archipelago and have fleshy leaves with persistent sheathing bases and large flowers of various colors with broad lateral petals — see butterfly plant 2, moth orchid

/fal'euh nop"sis/, n., pl. phalaenopsis.

any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis, native to tropical Asia, having clusters of showy, variously colored flowers. Also called moth orchid.

[ < NL (1825), equiv. to Gk phál(l)ain(a) moth + -opsis -OPSIS; reflecting the popular name moth orchid]

Phalaenopsis /falˈi-nop-sis/ (botany)

A genus of evergreen epiphytic orchids