any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

ラン科の植物の総称で、通常、珍しい形や美しい色の花を持つ

chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; includes species formerly placed in genus Gymnadeniopsis

主に地生ランで、塊茎や肉質の根を持ち、細長い拍車と花弁、唇弁の裂片を持つものが多い。以前はGymnadeniopsis属に分類されていた種を含む。