- any orchid.
- any of various terrestrial orchids, especially of the genus Orchis, of temperate regions, having spikelike flowers.
- fringed orchis.
- any terrestrial orchid of the N temperate genus Orchis, having fleshy tubers and spikes of typically pink flowers
- any of various temperate or tropical orchids of the genus Habenaria, such as the fringed orchis