1) Orchid 2) Orchidaceous plant 
This was a huge genus, which used to contain more than 1,200 species - the second largest in the Orchidaceae after Bulbophyllum. In 2004, it decreased by more than half when many species were moved into new genera. Pleurothallis is a completely New World group, widespread across much of Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. F...
genus of more than 1,000 species of tropical American orchids, family Orchidaceae, that grow on other plants and range greatly in size. The flowers ...
[n] - any of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers
noun any of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers