Brassia

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Brassia - genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchidsgenus Brassialiliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedfamily Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowersBrassia lawrenceana, spider orchid - South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowersBrassia verrucosa, spider orchid - Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts