Hsieh Ting-fang, director of the Floriculture Research Center at the Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), tells us that Phalaenopsis is a member of the family Orchidaceae. The moth-like shape of the flowers, dancing gently in the breeze, gives this genus the common name of "moth orchid."
農試所花卉研究中心主任謝廷芳指出，蝴蝶蘭是蘭科家族的一員，因其花型像蝴蝶，彎垂的花莖在微風吹動下，花朵有如蝴蝶般翩翩起舞，因而得名。