Hi Roy! Thanks for looking!
The word "Peloric" comes from the Greek "pel ros", which simply means "monstrosity".
In botany, strictly speaking, the term was used to describe the transformation of a zygomorphic flower (bilateral symmetry) in actinomorphic flower (radial symmetry), we can say roughly that the symmetry of the Stan flower "became" radial, then it is possible to use the term "Peloric" in the case (if not in botanical terms, at least as “orchid lovers” term!)
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