Quote Originally Posted by Tom-19951 View Post
Not the typical meaning from your english dictionary. It is Greek... it has something to do with the two horns on the leaf(I think).
"Pleurothallis" is from the Greek "pleurothallos", meaning rib-like (pleuro - think "pleurisy", for instance) branches (thallos). The Greek Genus name is then followed by a Latin term for the particular species. In this case, however, the word "dilemma", which is both Latin AND Greek, means "double proposition" and generally connotes a poor outcome should either proposition be chosen. It is the logician's challenge, somewhat encapsulating the myth of Scylla (a dreaded monster, or a treacherous rock) and Charybdis (a treacherous whirlpool), in which the unfortunate adventurer must navigate, literally, "between a rock and a hard place." See Edith Hamilton's Mythology for both Roman and Greek versions of the same myth. It is also a famous analogy in the legal world, for all of us lawyers who are frustrated English professors. - And the point is... it's not really an appropriate term for describing a plant, even if it does have two "horns".

But I digress - a very strange and wonderful plant and bloom, Tom.