Encyclia Green Hornet (in bloom)

[Bud]

Originally Posted by GardenTheater

Love those little octopuses or is it octopi? Great plant!

Thanks for the visit!

octopuses is acceptable although octopi is widely used especially in the scientific world....

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Bud

Thanks for the visit!

octopuses is acceptable although octopi is widely used especially in the scientific world....

Apparently it can also be Octopodes, just to add further confusion

It comes from the Greek, and Octopodes is the greek plural of it. Many people over the years have assumed it was latin so used Octopi because that is an assumed latin pluralisation (although latin rules are more complicated that that).

I think most people in general use use Octopusses, I do.