Orchid Glossary
Orchid Glossary provides an alphabetical list of all the orchids we have described on this website.
- Abdominea
There is only one species, known as Abdominea minimiflora, also known as Tiny-flowered Abdominea.
- Acacallis
A genus of South American orchid comprising 6 species.
- Acampe
A genus of epiphytic monopodial orchid found in Africa and Asia.
- Barbosella
Single-flowered, creeping orchids comprising 20 species.
- Barbrodria
A mini-miniature, creeping, mat forming epiphyte found growing the the rainforest in SE Brazil.
- Barkeria
A genus of deciduous orchids native to Mexico.
- Caladenia
A genus comprising 243 species of small to medium-sized orchids with underground tubers.
- Calanthe
A genus of terrestrial orchids comprising some 170 species.
- Cypripedium
Lady's Slipper Orchid comprising 47 species.
- Dactylorhiza
Terrestrial orchids comprising 75 species and hundreds of hybrids.
- Dendrobium
One of the most popular and easy to grow epiphytic orchids.
- Earina
A genus of mostly epiphytic orchids found in New Zealand, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Samoa and Fiji.
- Epidendrum
Large genus of epiphytic orchids comprising 1100 species, distributed in North and South America.
- Flickingeria
A genus of flowering orchids comprising about 75 species found in tropical Asia and Australasia.
- Galeandra
A genus of sympodial orchids comprising about 20 species from tropical America.
- Habenaria
A genus of terrestrial orchies comprising 800 species.
- Isabelia
Epiphytic orchids comprising three species and one natural hybrid native to northeast of Brazil to Argentina.
- Jumellea
A genus of monopodial orchids which can be epiphytic or lithophytic native found in Africa, Madagascar and Grande Comore.
- Laelia
Epiphytic orchid comprising about 11 species native to subtropical and temperate regions of Central America.
- Macodes
A genus of creeping terrestrial orchids found in the rainforests of Southeast Asia.
- Neofinetia
A genus of 3 species of orchids native to the Far East countries of China, Korea and Japan.
- Paphinia
A genus of epiphytic orchids from South America.
- Phalaenopsis
One of the most popular orchids, comprising about 60 species native throughout southeast Asia.
- Quekettia
A small genus of orchids from northern South America.
- Restrepia
A genus of epiphytic orchids distributed from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
- Sarcochilus
Sarcochilus.
A genus of orchids found in Australia including Tasmania, and in New Caledonia.
- Thelymitra
A genus of tuberous terrestrial orchids distributed from Australia to the Philippines.
- Vandopsis
A genus of orchids found in Southeast Asia that could be terrestrial as well as lithophytic.
- Warmingia
A small genus of orchids found in the rainforest of eastern Brazil.
- Zootrophion
A genus of orchids distributed from Jamaica and Central America right to the Andes.
|
