"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.









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