Phalaenopses

Close-ups of phalaenopsis orchids, before different backgrounds. I've no clue if the plural of “phalaenopsis” really is “phalaenopses”. I may be making it up.

Well, in my defence, from what I remember of my Latin lessons, “phalaenopsis” undergoes third declension since its nominative ends with -is. Therefore, it's prefixed with -es in its plural form. So the plural of “phalaenopsis” is “phalaenopses” in Latin – let it be the same in English. Anyway, Wikipedia is telling me that phalaenopses are also called “moth orchids” because they look like moths in flight. But then again, they look like anything you'll have in flight.

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