Orxera

Rafinesque ,Fl. Tellur . 4 (1836) , 37 .

Sarcantheae - Sarcochilinae . VI . Origin and meaning obscure unless alluding to the column which , with its 2 tricuspidate or horn-like wings and the appendages of the anther , might very fancifully be likened to the usual rigid ,mummified figure of Osiris with , whip and crook .