pleione

Any of various small, deciduous terrestrial or epiphytic orchids of the genus Pleione (family Orchidaceae), native to mountainous regions of Asia and cultivated for their solitary, showy blossoms that are disproportionately large relative to the pseudobulb and typically feature pink, purple, white, or yellow petals with a fringed lip.

In Greek mythology, an Oceanid nymph who married the Titan Atlas and became the mother of the Pleiades, Hyades, and Hyas.

A binary star system (28 Tauri) located in the Pleiades open star cluster within the constellation Taurus.