Osyricera

Blume ,Bijdr . (1825) , 307 , t. 58.

Bulbophylleae . IX .Gr. Osiris (Egyptian god of the underworld ), kepas keras(horn) . 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 or Osiris with crown,whip and crook.