plantOrchidNatureOrchid as a plant people have named and used. Rare form, careful air, precise bloom — one living kind, not a single symbol.Orchid is used in Medicine.Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists orchis/satyrion tubers among stimulant plant drugs. A named orchid in that handbook, not a corsage dump and not a modern houseplant dump alone.from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CEused in · sourced · documentedsourcesDe Materia Medica · Pedanius DioscoridesDioscorides, De Materia Medica.