Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.
| Species | Authority | Usable photographs | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polystachya concreta | (Jacq.) Garay & H.R.Sweet | 61 | documented |
| Polystachya foliosa | (Hook.) Rchb.f. | 27 | documented |
| Polystachya pubescens | (Lindl.) Rchb.f. | 25 | documented |
| Polystachya ottoniana | Rchb.f. | 21 | documented |
| Polystachya cultriformis | (Thouars) Lindl. ex Spreng. | 11 | documented |
| Polystachya sandersonii | Harv. | 5 | documented |
| Polystachya thomensis | Summerh. | 4 | documented |
| Polystachya henrici | Schltr. | 2 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya perrieri | Schltr. | 2 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya pyramidalis | Lindl. | 2 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya stenophylla | Schltr. | 2 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya transvaalensis | Schltr. | 2 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya fusiformis | (Thouars) Lindl. | 1 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya lineata | Rchb.f. | 1 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya monophylla | Schltr. | 1 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya odorata | Lindl. | 1 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya × nebulicola | G.McDonald & McMurtry | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya aconitiflora | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya acridolens | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya acuminata | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya adansoniae | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya aethiopica | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya affinis | Lindl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya albescens | Ridl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya alicjae | Mytnik | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya alpina | Lindl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya anastacialynae | Eb.Fisch., Killmann, J.-P.Lebel & Delep. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya anceps | Ridl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya angularis | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya anthoceros | la Croix & P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya armeniaca | la Croix & P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya asper | P.J.Cribb & Podz. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya aurantiaca | Schltr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya bamendae | Szlach., Baranow & Mytnik | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya bancoensis | Burg | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya batkoi | Szlach. & Olszewski | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya bella | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya bennettiana | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya bequaertii | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya bicalcarata | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya bicarinata | Rendle | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya bifida | Lindl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya bipoda | Stévart | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya biteaui | P.J.Cribb, la Croix & Stévart | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya boliviensis | Schltr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya brassii | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya bruechertiae | Eb.Fisch., Killmann & J.-P.Lebel | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya brugeana | Geerinck | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya caduca | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya caespitifica | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya caespitosa | Barb.Rodr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya calluniflora | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya caloglossa | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya camaridioides | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya campyloglossa | Rolfe | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya canaliculata | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya candida | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya carnosa | P.J.Cribb & Podz. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya caudata | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya cerea | Lindl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya cingulata | Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya clareae | Hermans | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya clavata | Lindl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya confusa | Rolfe | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya cooperi | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya coriscensis | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya cornigera | Schltr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya cribbiana | Geerinck | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya dalzielii | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya danieliana | G.W.Hu, W.C.Huang & Q.F.Wang | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya dendrobiiflora | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya dewanckeliana | Geerinck | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya disiformis | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya disticha | Rolfe | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya doggettii | Rendle & Rolfe | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya dolichophylla | Schltr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya editae | Eb.Fisch., Killmann, J.-P.Lebel, Delep. & Nzigid. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya elastica | Lindl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya elatior | (Rchb.f.) Peraza & Carnevali | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya elegans | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya engongensis | Stévart & Droissart | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya epiphytica | De Wild. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya erica-lanzae | Eb.Fisch., Killmann, J.-P.Lebel & Delep. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya erythrocephala | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya eurychila | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya eurygnatha | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya expansa | Ridl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya fabriana | Geerinck | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya fallax | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya fischeri | Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya fractiflexa | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya fulvilabia | Schltr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya galeata | (Sw.) Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya geniculata | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya geraensis | Barb.Rodr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya goetzeana | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya golungensis | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya gracilenta | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya greatrexii | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya haroldiana | Rolfe | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya hastata | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya heckeliana | Schltr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya heckmanniana | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya hoehneana | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya holmesiana | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya hologlossa | (P.J.Cribb & la Croix) Szlach. & Olszewski | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya holstii | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya humbertii | H.Perrier | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya isabelae | Mytnik | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya isochiloides | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya johnstonii | Rolfe | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya jubaultii | Pailler | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya kaluluensis | P.J.Cribb & la Croix | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya kathriniae | Eb.Fisch. & Killmann | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya kermesina | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya kingii | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya kornasiana | Szlach. & Olszewski | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya kubalae | Szlach. & Olszewski | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya kupensis | P.J.Cribb & B.J.Pollard | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya lacroixiana | Geerinck | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya laurenceana | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya laurentii | De Wild. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya lawalreana | Geerinck | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya laxa | R.Schust. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya laxiflora | Lindl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya lejolyana | Stévart | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya leonardiana | Geerinck | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya leonensis | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya letouzeyana | Szlach. & Olszewski | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya leucosepala | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya ligulifolia | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya lindblomii | Schltr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya longiscapa | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya lukwangulensis | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya macropoda | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya maculata | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya mafingensis | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya magnibracteata | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya malilaensis | Schltr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya masayensis | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya mazumbaiensis | P.J.Cribb & Podz. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya melanantha | Schltr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya melliodora | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya meyeri | P.J.Cribb & Podz. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya microbambusa | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya mildbraedii | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya minima | Rendle | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya modesta | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya moniquetiana | Stévart & Geerinck | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya monolenis | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya moreauae | P.J.Cribb & Podz. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya mukandaensis | De Wild. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya mystacioides | De Wild. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya mzuzuensis | P.J.Cribb & la Croix | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya neobenthamia | Schltr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya ngomensis | G.McDonald & McMurtry | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya nyanzensis | Rendle | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya obanensis | Rendle | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya oblanceolata | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya oreocharis | Schltr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya orophila | Stévart & E.Bidault | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya pachychila | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya pamelae | Eb.Fisch., Killmann & Nsanz. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya paniculata | (Sw.) Rolfe | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya parva | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya parviflora | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya paulensis | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya pergibbosa | H.Perrier | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya piersii | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya pinicola | Barb.Rodr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya pobeguinii | (Finet) Rolfe | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya pocsii | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya poikilantha | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya polychaete | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya porphyrochila | J.Stewart | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya praecipitis | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya principia | Stévart & P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya proterantha | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya pseudodisa | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya puberula | Lindl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya pudorina | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya purpureobracteata | P.J.Cribb & la Croix | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya ramulosa | Lindl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya reflexa | Lindl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya reticulata | Stévart & Droissart | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya retusiloba | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya rhodochila | Schltr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya rhodoptera | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya riomuniensis | Stévart & Nguema | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya rivae | Schweinf. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya rolfeana | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya rosea | Ridl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya rosellata | Ridl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya rugosilabia | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya ruwenzoriensis | Rendle | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya rydingii | Baranow & Mytnik | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya saccata | (Finet) Rolfe | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya samilae | Eb.Fisch., Killmann, J.-P.Lebel & Delep. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya seidenfadeniana | Mytnik & Baranow | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya serpentina | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya seticaulis | Rendle | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya setifera | Lindl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya shega | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya siederi | Hermans | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya simplex | Rendle | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya songaniensis | G.Will. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya sosefii | Baranow & Mytnik | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya spatella | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya stauroglossa | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya steudneri | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya stewartiana | Geerinck | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya stodolnyi | Szlach. & Olszewski | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya stuhlmannii | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya suaveolens | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya subdiphylla | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya subulata | Finet | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya subumbellata | P.J.Cribb & Podz. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya superposita | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya supfiana | Schltr. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya teitensis | P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya tenella | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya tenuissima | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya testuana | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya tridentata | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya troupiniana | Geerinck | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya tsaratananae | H.Perrier | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya tsinjoarivensis | H.Perrier | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya uluguruensis | P.J.Cribb & Podz. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya undulata | P.J.Cribb & Podz. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya vaginata | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya valentina | la Croix & P.J.Cribb | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya victoriae | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya villosa | Rolfe | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya virescens | Ridl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya virginea | Summerh. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya vulcanica | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya walravensiana | Geerinck & Arbonn. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya waterlotii | Guillaumin | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya wightii | Rchb.f. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya winigeri | Eb.Fisch. & Killmann | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya woosnamii | Rendle | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya xerophila | Kraenzl. | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya zambesiaca | Rolfe | 0 | below the evidence gate |
| Polystachya zuluensis | L.Bolus | 0 | below the evidence gate |
This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.
So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.