| Noun | 1.butterfly orchis - Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lipEncyclia venosa, Epidendrum venosum, butterfly orchidorchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colorsEncyclia, genus Encyclia - large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum | | 2.butterfly orchis - Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lipOrchis papilionaceae, butterfly orchidorchis - any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes |