| STELIS | Genus of the orchid family whose name derives from the Greek word for mistletoe (6) |
| VANILLA | A member of the orchid family; its seed pod is used as a flavouring; name of a fashionable women's clothing store in Hale (7) |
| CAMELLIA | A genus of shrubs or trees of the tea family whose name derives from a Jesuit missionary (8) |
| IRISES | Flowering plants whose name derives from the Greek word for a rainbow (6) |
| BARIUM | Soft, silvery metal that rapidly tarnishes in air, whose name derives from the Greek for 'heavy' (6) |
| PLANET | Type of celestial body whose name ultimately derives from the Greek for "wanderer" |
| OSMIUM | A shiny, silver metal discovered in 1803 whose name derives from the Greek for 'smell' (6) |
| MANTIS | An insect whose name derives from the Greek for "prophet", in allusion to its praying posture (6) |
| IODINE | A black, shiny crystalline solid whose name derives from the Greek for 'violet' (6) |
| EUNICE | Girl's name that derives from the Greek for 'good victory' (6) |
| AZALEA | Flowering shrub in the rhododendron family, whose name, from "dry", refers to its preferred arid, sandy or nutrient-poor soil (6) |
| ECZEMA | Chronic inflammatory condition of the skin whose name comes from the Greek word "to boil over' (6) |
| MIMOSA | Flowering plant that derives its name from the Greek word for 'mimic' (6) |
| HIDDEN | What has been done with the orchid, Dennis? I cannot find it (6) |
| ALEXIS | Name that comes from the Greek word for "helper" |
| ORLEAN | The Orchid Thief author |
| EUREKA | Exclamation derived from the Greek word for "I have found" |
| LEMONBALM | Fragrant perennial whose genus name Melissa derives from the Greek word for honeybee (5,4) |
| ISOTRIA | Genus of flowering plants from the orchid family (7) |
| NEON | Noble gas whose name derives from the Greek word for "new" |
