Ophrys
(an old Greek name used by Pliny, from ophrys, eyebrows; referring, perhaps, to the fringe of the inner sepals, though Pliny refers it rather to the use of the plant in painting the eyebrows). SYN. Arachnites. ORD.
Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.
(an old Greek name used by Pliny, from ophrys, eyebrows; referring, perhaps, to the fringe of the inner sepals, though Pliny refers it rather to the use of the plant in painting the eyebrows). SYN. Arachnites. ORD.