la orquídea

Question

Just went through Learn Spanish 4.10- flowers, accents and tildes. In the flashcards orchid is spelled 'orchídea', in my dictionary (collins books) it's spelled 'orquídea' and that's how it comes up in wordreference.com, google translate recognises both of them. If I didn't know the word orchid, I'd go and pronounce the 'ch' in 'orchídea' something like the Hungarian 'cs' (in English probably closest 'tch'- as in Tatcher). This is not a question of lief and death but now I'm curious, and possibly everytime I see an orchid, I'll be wondering

I believe that the flashcard is misspelled. - kdrinning, Apr 16, 2012

Good question! - rac1, Apr 16, 2012

Answer 1

The right word is orquídea.

Qui like in kid.

Answer 2

RAE is always a good stop for a definitive answer

orquídeo, a. (Del lat. orchis, y este del gr. ?????, testículo, planta bulbosa). 1. adj. Bot. orquidáceo. U. t. c. s. f. ORTOGR. Escr. con may. inicial c. taxón. 2. f. Flor de una planta orquidácea cuyas especies tropicales son apreciadas en floricultura.

Answer 3

It is spelled like this: orquídea

Answer 4

Orquídea it is then! And rae! Thank you guys!