Orchidaceae

Genera 745 Accepted species 31,465 Documented here 2,418 Coverage 8%

We document 2,418 of the 31,465 accepted species in Orchidaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 350 of 745

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Caladenia 133 325
Epidendrum 108 1,869
Pterostylis 108 305
Disa 89 192
Habenaria 77 904
Dendrobium 63 1,647
Maxillaria 59 659
Platanthera 52 169
Thelymitra 52 126
Eulophia 49 286
Bulbophyllum 46 2,191
Pleurothallis 43 564
Diuris 37 104
Corybas 36 156
Satyrium 35 93
Spiranthes 30 51
Prosthechea 29 129
Cyrtochilum 25 206
Prasophyllum 24 152
Liparis 23 436
Lepanthes 22 1,189
Oncidium 22 374
Bletia 21 56
Cypripedium 19 64
Encyclia 19 199
Masdevallia 19 661
Ophrys 19 160
Orchis 19 61
Calanthe 18 246
Disperis 18 83
Holothrix 18 49
Stelis 18 1,341
Coelogyne 17 595
Goodyera 17 105
Sobralia 17 174
Pterygodium 16 20
Chloraea 15 54
Dactylorhiza 15 102
Epipactis 15 79
Trichocentrum 15 103
Angraecum 13 218
Genoplesium 13 61
Chiloglottis 12 27
Gymnadenia 12 51
Malaxis 12 166
Govenia 11 29
Microtis 11 23
Neottia 11 81
Specklinia 11 109
Cymbidium 10 106
Elleanthus 10 129
Gastrodia 10 100
Gavilea 10 17
Oberonia 10 274
Scaphyglottis 10 79
Anacamptis 9 34
Cephalanthera 9 25
Corallorhiza 9 13
Cynorkis 9 176
Peristylus 9 105
Ponthieva 9 76
Serapias 9 47
Vanilla 9 121
Calochilus 8 31
Catasetum 8 229
Cattleya 8 231
Cryptostylis 8 24
Eriochilus 8 12
Laelia 8 30
Stanhopea 8 85
Acianthera 7 300
Aerangis 7 63
Aerides 7 39
Corycium 7 15
Cranichis 7 93
Dichaea 7 130
Isochilus 7 13
Myrmecophila 7 13
Platystele 7 123
Polystachya 7 244
Porpax 7 54
Telipogon 7 249
Zeuxine 7 84
Anoectochilus 6 48
Ceratandra 6 7
Cheirostylis 6 60
Cyclopogon 6 97
Cyrtopodium 6 51
Cyrtostylis 6 6
Drakaea 6 10
Gomesa 6 135
Himantoglossum 6 13
Nervilia 6 83
Rhynchostele 6 19
Vanda 6 96
Acianthus 5 10
Barkeria 5 19
Calopogon 5 5
Campylocentrum 5 77
Deiregyne 5 24
Dipodium 5 43
Fernandezia 5 98
Hemipilia 5 67
Lycaste 5 51
Microchilus 5 263
Neotinea 5 8
Notylia 5 55
Pelexia 5 95
Pinalia 5 178
Sarcochilus 5 23
Spathoglottis 5 45
Acampe 4 7
Andinia 4 79
Bonatea 4 14
Brownleea 4 8
Caleana 4 14
Comparettia 4 81
Erycina 4 7
Herminium 4 53
Ida 4 47
Phaius 4 42
Phragmipedium 4 31
Pleione 4 35
Schizochilus 4 11
Stenorrhynchos 4 8
Tetramicra 4 12
Tolumnia 4 33
Trichoglottis 4 87
Triphora 4 25
Aa 3 26
Andreettaea 3 56
Arpophyllum 3 3
Bifrenaria 3 23
Bipinnula 3 11
Brachycorythis 3 37
Cleistesiopsis 3 3
Corymborkis 3 8
Crepidium 3 295
Dichromanthus 3 4
Dracula 3 151
Earina 3 7
Galeandra 3 41
Galearis 3 10
Gastrochilus 3 71
Gomphichis 3 34
Gongora 3 72
Guarianthe 3 6
Leochilus 3 13
Lockhartia 3 33
Odontochilus 3 74
Ornithocephalus 3 57
Pecteilis 3 10
Psychilis 3 17
Rodriguezia 3 47
Rossioglossum 3 12
Scaphosepalum 3 59
Schiedeella 3 19
Xylobium 3 39
Anguloa 2 14
Arthrochilus 2 15
Aulosepalum 2 9
Benthamia 2 34
Brachionidium 2 83
Broughtonia 2 8
Cleisostoma 2 102
Cleisostomopsis 2 5
Cleistes 2 60
Coelia 2 5
Coenoemersa 2 3
Cyrtosia 2 7
Dendrophylax 2 17
Drymoanthus 2 4
Epipogium 2 7
Eria 2 48
Erythrorchis 2 2
Evotella 2 2
Huttonaea 2 5
Ionopsis 2 7
Isotria 2 2
Koellensteinia 2 11
Luisia 2 52
Lyperanthus 2 2
Macroclinium 2 49
Mesadenus 2 5
Microcoelia 2 34
Miltonia 2 21
Miltoniopsis 2 5
Mormodes 2 89
Mystacidium 2 10
Oreorchis 2 19
Orthoceras 2 2
Pachites 2 2
Plectorrhiza 2 5
Pleurothallopsis 2 20
Prescottia 2 26
Rhynchostylis 2 4
Robiquetia 2 94
Sacoila 2 8
Sarcoglottis 2 57
Sirhookera 2 2
Smithsonia 2 3
Sobennikoffia 2 4
Stenoglottis 2 5
Taeniophyllum 2 247
Tainia 2 29
Townsonia 2 3
Traunsteinera 2 2
Trichosalpinx 2 112
Tridactyle 2 49
Tropidia 2 34
Warczewiczella 2 11
Achlydosa 1 1
Acriopsis 1 10
Acrorchis 1 1
Adenochilus 1 2
Aeranthes 1 44
Agrostophyllum 1 136
Altensteinia 1 8
Ania 1 6
Ansellia 1 1
Aplectrum 1 1
Aporostylis 1 1
Apostasia 1 8
Appendicula 1 153
Arachnis 1 17
Arethusa 1 1
Artorima 1 1
Arundina 1 1
Aspasia 1 7
Barbosella 1 19
Beloglottis 1 8
Bletilla 1 5
Brachystele 1 24
Brassavola 1 20
Brassia 1 69
Bromheadia 1 29
Burnettia 1 1
Calypso 1 1
Calyptrochilum 1 3
Capanemia 1 9
Chamorchis 1 1
Cheiradenia 1 1
Chiloschista 1 28
Clowesia 1 8
Codonorchis 1 2
Cottonia 1 1
Cremastra 1 7
Crossoglossa 1 53
Cryptochilus 1 8
Cuitlauzina 1 8
Cymbilabia 1 3
Cyrtorchis 1 19
Danhatchia 1 3
Dendrolirium 1 12
Didymoplexis 1 21
Dienia 1 5
Dilomilis 1 5
Dimerandra 1 7
Dinema 1 1
Diplocentrum 1 2
Discyphus 1 1
Domingoa 1 5
Draconanthes 1 8
Eltroplectris 1 16
Epiblema 1 1
Epistephium 1 28
Eriopsis 1 4
Erythrodes 1 27
Funkiella 1 7
Galeoglossum 1 3
Galeottiella 1 2
Gennaria 1 2
Grammatophyllum 1 13
Gravendeelia 1 1
Hammarbya 1 1
Hetaeria 1 27
Hofmeisterella 1 2
Holcoglossum 1 24
Homalopetalum 1 10
Huntleya 1 17
Isabelia 1 4
Jumellea 1 56
Kefersteinia 1 63
Lemurella 1 4
Leporella 1 1
Leptoceras 1 1
Leptotes 1 10
Limodorum 1 3
Lycomormium 1 5
Manniella 1 2
Megastylis 1 6
Meiracyllium 1 2
Microepidendrum 1 1
Microsaccus 1 13
Mycaranthes 1 37
Myoxanthus 1 52
Myrosmodes 1 19
Nemaconia 1 6
Neobolusia 1 3
Nidema 1 2
Octomeria 1 171
Oeonia 1 5
Oxystophyllum 1 36
Palmorchis 1 39
Paphinia 1 16
Papilionanthe 1 10
Peristeranthus 1 1
Peristeria 1 13
Pescatoria 1 26
Phalaenopsis 1 93
Pheladenia 1 1
Platylepis 1 20
Plocoglottis 1 35
Pogonia 1 6
Porphyrostachys 1 2
Praecoxanthus 1 1
Pseudocentrum 1 17
Pseudolaelia 1 15
Pseudorchis 1 1
Pseudovanilla 1 8
Pterichis 1 44
Pyrorchis 1 2
Rangaeris 1 3
Restrepia 1 66
Restrepiella 1 3
Rhipidoglossum 1 53
Rhomboda 1 25
Rhyncholaelia 1 2
Rimacola 1 1
Roeperocharis 1 5
Rudolfiella 1 7
Schoenorchis 1 30
Sertifera 1 9
Solenidium 1 3
Sotoa 1 1
Spiculaea 1 1
Stenia 1 22
Stenoptera 1 6
Steveniella 1 1
Tamayorkis 1 4
Thrixspermum 1 194
Tipularia 1 5
Trichoceros 1 10
Trichotosia 1 76
Trizeuxis 1 1
Waireia 1 1
Wullschlaegelia 1 2
Ypsilopus 1 13
Zygosepalum 1 5
Zygostates 1 26

Genera we do not yet document 395 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.