phalænopsis

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In botany, a genus of beautiful orchids of the tribe Vandeæ and the subtribe Sarcantheæ, characterized by loosely racemed flowers, their lateral sepals united to the base of the thick and roundish column, and the lip destitute of a spur.
• noun In ornithology, a genus of owls: synonymous with Glaucidium.