paanajaervica: for place name (+ belonging to). Among the given locations, could ref. to Paanayarvi (now, a N.Park) of Karelia, n.west Russia, and or Paamajarvi (lake), n.west Finland (?). cf. Orchis angustifolia forma paanajaervica Klinge 1899. syn. Dactylorhiza traunsteineri ssp. curvifolia. pabloi: may be for a person’s name (+ of). From the given location, also ref. Pablo Creek (village), Izabal Prov., Guatemala. cf. Lepanthes pabloi Luer & Béhar 2000. Pabstia: Garay 1973: listed for Guido Frederico João Pabst [+ of] (1914-1980). Famous Brazilian authority, phytologist and author of many works, inc. Orchidaceae Brasilienses which means: “The Orchid family Those of Brazil” (with co-author, Dr.F.Dungs, see dungsii). ex Brazil, eg. Pabstia jugosa. pabstiana: belonging to Pabst, see Pabstia. ex Jalisco state, Mexico, cf. Mormodes pabstiana J.Cardeñas, A.Ramirez & S.Rosillo 1983. Pabstiella: Brieger & Senghas 1976: see Pabstia + respectful suffix. syn. Pleurothallis. pabstii: of Pabst, see Pabstia. ex Brazil, cf. Bulbophyllum pabstii Garay 1973. pacayana: belonging to Pacaya. Ref Volcán Pacaya (volcano), Escuintla Prov., Guatemala. Or, Pacaya (village) of San José Prov., Costa Rica. cf. Pleurothallis pacayana Schltr. pachecoi: listed for Don Mariano Pacheco (+ of) of Guatemala City, Guatemala, cf. Cattleya pachecoi Ames & Correll 1943. Of interest, this species is noted as the national flower of Costa Rica. syn. Cattleya skinneri. pachensis: for place name (+ from), only listed as ex Colombia. May ref. to Pacho (village) of Cundinamarca Department. cf. Telipogon pachensis Rchb.f.1877. Pachiphyllum: Llave & Lex.1825. syn. see Pachyphyllum. Pachites: Lindley 1835: ref. pachytes: thickness. Ref. the thick rostellum. ex S.West Cape Prov., Sth.Africa, eg. Pachites appressa. pachnodes: listed as the one word and lit.: cold; chilly; frosty. cf. Cranichis pachnodes. syn. Cranichis ciliata. pachoi: of Pacho, may be for a person’s name, but also see pachensis. ex Colombia. cf. Epidendrum pachoi Hágsater & L.Sánchez 2001. pachy-: used in compwds., ref. pachys: thick; stout; fleshy. pachyacris: checked this a few times, see pachy-+ akris: a thick, or stout grasshopper. cf. Schoenorchis pachyacris. pachyacron: thick + ref. akros, see acro-: at the top; topmost. cf. Maxillaria pachyacron. pachyambon: thick + ambon: crest; pulpit. Ref. the column. cf. Oberonia pachyambon. pachyantha: thick + flower. cf. Masdevallia pachyantha. Pachyanthe: thick + flower.= Bulbophyllum section. pachyanthum: thick + flower. cf. Dendrobium pachyanthum. syn. D. katherinae A.D.Hawkes 1957. pachybulbon: thick + bulb. cf. Coelogyne pachybulbon. syn. C. trinervis. pachybulbum: thick + bulb. cf. Bulbophyllum pachybulbum. syn. B. graveolens. pachycarpum: thick + fruit (capsule). cf. Epidendrum pachycarpum. syn. Encyclia chacaoensis. pachycaulon: thick + stem. cf. Platanthera pachycaulon. Pachycentron: Schltr.1914: thick + ref. kentron: spur. syn. Pachyplectron (note, this also smeans: thick + spur). pachycephala: thick + head. cf. Eria pachycephala. pachycephalum: thick + head. cf. Epidendrum pachycephalum. syn. E. variegatum. pachyceras: thick + horn. cf. Dendrobium pachyceras. syn. D. smillieae. Pers.coll., see notes at smillieae. pachychila: thick + lip. cf. Caladenia pachychila. Noted as endemic to West.Aust. pachychilum: thick + lip. cf. Calonema pachychilum. syn. Caladenia pachychila. Pachychilus: Blume 1828: thick + lip. eg. Pachychilus pantanus. syn. Pachystoma pubescens. pachychilus: thick + lip. cf. Phlebochilus pachychilus. syn. Caladenia pachychila. pachydactylon: thick + digit; finger. Ref. the column. cf. Cycnoches pachydactylon. pachydactylum: this is probably an error, see pachydactylon. cf. Cycnoches pachydactylum (: Cycnoches pachydactylon?). pachygastrium: thick + belly; stomach + characteristic of, or dimin. (?). cf. Epidendrum pachygastrium. syn. E. ventricosum (: swollen, like a belly). Pachygenium: (Schltr.) Szlach, R.González & Rutk.2001: thick + born; kind; type, etc. syn. Pelexia Poit.ex Rich. pachyglossa: thick + tongue. cf. Oberonia pachyglossa. Pers.coll., common ex PM.PNG. pachyglossum: thick + tongue. cf. Dendrobium pachyglossum. pachyglossus: thick + tongue. cf. Gastrochilus pachyglossus. syn. Schoenorchis pachyglossa. pachygyne: thick + woman. Refs. to the stigma, or ovary (?). cf. Masdevallia pachygyne. pachyhybos: see pachy-+ hump. cf. Telipogon pachyhybos. syn. T. obovatus. Pachyne: Salisb.1812: fleshy (+ see pachy-), or could be a contraction, Pach(ys)-+ (g)yne: thick + woman (for the ovary, or stigma?). syn. Phaius Lour. pachyneura: thick + see neuro-: nerve(s), or vein(s). cf. Habenaria pachyneura. syn. Peristylus pachyneurus. pachyneuroides: as pachyneura + resembling. Was probably compared to Peristylus pachyneurus (?). cf. Peristylus pachyneuroides. pachyneuron: see pachyneura. cf. Bulbophyllum pachyneuron. pachyneurus: as pachyneura. cf. Peristylus pachyneurus. Noted as endemic to New Guinea. Pachyone: Salisb.1812: thick; stout. Noted as ref. the plant appearance. The leaves, + with the inflo. makes it look “thick” (stout; overweight). syn. Phaius. pachyphylla: thick + leaf. cf. Thelymitra pachyphylla. syn. T. pulchella. Pachyphyllinae: Pachyphyllum + suffix denotes it’s a subtribe. Pachyphyllum: Kunth 1816: thick + leaf. ex Ecuador to Peru, eg. Pachyphyllum distichum. pachyphyllum: thick + leaf. cf. Bulbophyllum pachyphyllum. pachyphyllus: thick + leaf. cf. Sarcophyton pachyphyllus. pachyphyta: thick + plant. cf. Pleurothallis pachyphyta. pachyphyton: thick + plant. cf. Epidendrum pachyphyton. Pachyplectron: Schltr.1906: thick + see plectro-: spur. eg. Pachyplectron arifolium. Noted as endemic to New Caledonia. pachypodum: thick + foot. cf. Epidendrum pachypodum. syn. E. blepharistes. pachypus: thick + foot; footed. cf. Liparis pachypus. syn. L. bootanensis. pachyrachis: as pachyrhachis. cf. Pleurothallis pachyrachis. syn. Bulbophyllum pachyrhachis. pachyrhachis: thick + see rachis: flower stem part. Has a strange inflo. with almost sessile flowers on a thick, fleshy, drooping rat’s-tail-like axis. cf. Bulbophyllum pachyrhachis. pachyrhiza: thick + root(s). cf. Diaphananthe pachyrhiza. syn. Rhipidoglossum pulchellum. Pachyrhizanthe: (Schltr.) Nakai 1931: thick + roots + flowers, eg. Pachyrhizanthe nipponica. syn. Cymbidium macrorhizon. Pachyrhizanthe: as last entry.= Cymbidium section. pachyrhizum: thick + root(s). cf. Podochilus pachyrhizum. pachyrrhachis: thick + rachis, info. see pachyrhachis. cf. Bolbophyllum pachyrrhachis. syn. Bulbophyllum pachyrhachis. pachyrhyncha: thick + beak; snout, etc. cf. Pleurothallis pachyrhyncha. syn. Bulbophyllum bracteolatum. pachyrrhizum: thick + root(s).cf. Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum. pachyrrhizus: thick root(s). cf. Aeranthus pachyrrhizus. syn. Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum. pachyrrhyza: thick + root(s). cf. Aeranthes pachyrrhyza. syn. Campylocentrum pachyrhizum. pachysepala: thick + sepal. cf. Masdevallia pachysepala. pachysepalum: thick + sepal. cf. Epidendrum pachysepalum. syn. Prosthechea vespa. pachystachya: thick + see stachy-: spike, etc. cf. Eria pachystachya. pachystachyum: as pachystachya. cf. Stenorrhynchos pachystachyum. syn. S. discoides. pachystalix: thick + see stalix: stake(: column). cf. Calanthe pachystalix. Pachystele: Schltr.1923: thick + see stele: pillar; column. syn. Scaphyglottis. pachystele: thick + column. By the description, it’s very short and thick (“... columna perbrevi, crassa...”). cf. Dendrobium pachystele. Pachystelis: Rauschert 1983: see Pachystele. Or: thick + see Stelis (?). syn. Scaphyglottis Poepp.& Endl. pachystemma: thick + crown; garland; wreath. cf. Microcoelia pachystemma. syn. M. koehleri (Schltr.) Summerh.1939. Pachystoma: Blume 1825: thick + stoma: mouth. ex Myanmar, eg. Pachystoma nutans. pachystomoides: thick + mouth + resembling, or resembles Pachystoma (?). cf. Didymoplexis pachystomoides. pachytelos: thick + telos: end. Ref. apex of labellum. cf. Bulbophyllum pachytelos. pachythrix: thick + thrix: hair. Ref. the ovary and exterior of the flower is very hairy. cf. Dendrobium pachythrix. pachyura: thick + tail. Or, could be pachy-+ see -ura: thickened (?). cf. Jumellea pachyura. pachyurum: thick + tail. Probably ref. the spur. cf. Angraecum pachyurum. pacifica: freely trans.: to make, or be peaceful. This doesn’t translate literally, as because the plant is from Fiji, the specep. is simply noting it’s from the Pacific (Islands) region. cf. Spathoglottis pacifica Rchb.f.1868. pacificum: as pacifica. cf. Cleisostoma pacificum P.J.Cribb & B.A.Lewis 1989. -pacta, -pactum, -pactus: used in comwds., ref. pactere: to fix. Fixed,+ ref. pactus: settled; bound, etc. pacuarensis: for place name: from Pacuar (village), San José Prov., Costa Rica. cf. Chaubardiella pacuarensis Jenny 1989. padangense: from Padang. Listed as ex Sumatra, there are a few places of this name, inc. a major city (west coast) and an island (off east coast). cf. Dendrobium padangense Schltr. syn. Flickingeria forcipata. padangensis: same as padangense. Listed as ex west Sumatra, this species was noted as being from Gunung (Mt.) Singgalang. cf. Appendicula padangensis Schltr. padilliana: listed for place name: belonging to Padilla (village), Tucumán Prov., Argentina. cf. Malaxis padilliana L.O.Williams 1939. paganus: descwd., rural; of the country; rustic. (Easy to see the etym. for our word “pagan”) paguroides: ref. pagurus, pagourus: a crab + resembling. cf. Malaxis paguroides. pahangense: from Pahang state, West Malaysia. cf. Taeniophyllum pahangense Carr 1932. pahangensis: