Orchidales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. In taxonomical systems, this is a relatively recent name as early systems used descriptive botanical names for the order containing the orchids. The Bentham & Hooker and the Engler systems had the orchids in order Microspermae while the Wettstein system treats them as order Gynandrae.... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchidales
orchid order of monocotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the subclass Liliidae.[1 related articles] Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/27