jumping orchid

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Noun jumping orchid has 1 sense

jumping orchid, Catasetum macrocarpum - orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected
--₁ is a kind of orchid, orchidaceous plant
--₁ is a member of Catasetum, genus Catasetum

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