| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| curvulus | kur-vew-luss | Curved or bent, from the Latin curvus |
| curvulum | kur-vew-lum | Curved or bent, from the Latin curvus |
| curvula | kur-vew-la | Curved or bent, from the Latin curvus |
| transsilvanica | trans-il-VAN-ik-uh | Variant of transylvanica, meaning of or from Transylvania (US) |
| Grammatocymbidium | gram-at-oh-sim-BID-ee-um | An intergeneric hybrid of Cymbidium (from the Greek kymbe, boat) and Grammatophyllum (From the Greek gramen, grass and phylon, leaf) |
| Burnatia | bur-NAY-ee-uh | Named for Émile Burnat, 20th century Swiss botanist |
| Amphilophium | am-fee-LOH-fee-um | Double-crested |
| Melandrium | mel-AN-dree-um | From the Greek melas (black) and andros (man) referring to the dark stamen |
| enterophora | en-ter-OH-for-uh | From the Greek enteron (intestines) and -phora (bearing) |
| caudae-felinae | KAW-day-FEL-in-nay | Cat's tail |
| cauda-felina | KAW-duh FEL-in-uh | Cat's tail |
| abscissus | ab-SIS-us | From the Latin abscissus (cut off) |
| abscissum | ab-SIS-um | From the Latin abscissus (cut off) |
| abscissa | ab-SIS-uh | From the Latin abscissus (cut off) |
| Comparettia | kom-pa-RET-ee-uh | Named for Andreo Comparetti, 19th century Professor of Botany at Padua University in Italy |
| Barosma | bar-ROHZ-muh | From the Greek baro (heavy) and osma (fragrance), referring to the powerful fragrance of these shrubs |
