oncidium

/on-sid-ee-uhm/US // ɒnˈsɪd i əm //

舌尖上的中国,臀部,舌苔,瘤状物

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of numerous tropical American orchids of the genus Oncidium, having clusters of flowers showing great variety in size, form, and color.

This admirable collector was hunting for Oncidium splendidum, a stately flower not very uncommon once, but long extinct in Europe.
He was looking for orchids, however, and who could have expected to find an Oncidium buried among herbage in the open ground?
This is important, as it explains all the astounding projections on the labellum of Oncidium, Phalaenopsis, etc.
Oncidium ornithorhynchum is an example; some like the odour of it very much, while it is disagreeable to others.
In this Oncidium, then, we have evidently a record of many bygone processes.