In Greek mythology, Satyrion is the name of a nymph, perhaps from the region of Taranto, Italy. Her union with the god Poseidon produced Taras. Satyrions is a former name for orchids from their connection to satyrs. Orchis was the son of a satyr and a nymph, who was killed for insulting a priestess of Bacchus, and was turned into the flower that b...
• (n.) Any one of several kinds of orchids.
Sa·tyr'i·on noun [ Latin , from Greek 
satyrion Any one of several kinds of orchids.