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Platanthera
The genus Platanthera belongs to the subfamily Orchidoideae of the family Orchidaceae, and comprises about 100 species of orchids. The members of this genus were previously included in the genus Orchis, which is a close relative (along with the...
Scientific name:
- Platanthera
Brassia
Brassia is a genus of orchids classified in the Oncidiinae subtribe. The genus was named after William Brass, a British botanist and illustrator, who collected plants in Africa under the supervision of Sir Joseph Banks. Its abbreviation in the...
Scientific name:
- Brassia
Spathoglottis
Spathoglottis is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). This genus is allied to genera Acanthephippium, Bletia, Calanthe, and Phaius. This genus is abbreviated Spa in trade journals. The genus Paxtonia Lindl. is generally included here.
There are...
Scientific name:
- Spathoglottis
Dilomilis
Dilomilis is a genus of orchids, (family Orchidaceae), consisting of five species in the Greater Antilles.
The genus is named for its bicallose lip.
Nir, M. Orchidaceae Antillanae, 94-97, 2000.
Scientific name:
- Dilomilis
Basiphyllaea
Basiphyllaea is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) of the Greater Antilles, consisting of 4 species.
Nir, M. Orchidaceae Antillanae, 33-34, 2000.
Scientific name:
- Basiphyllaea
Wullschlaegelia
Wullschlaegelia is a genus of orchids, (family Orchidaceae), consisting of two species in the Caribbean Islands.
The genus is named for botanist Heinrich Wullschlägel.
Scientific name:
- Wullschlaegelia
Grass pink
Grass pinks (genus Calopogon) are a group of terrestrial orchids (family Orchidaceae). The generic name is from Greek and means "beautiful beard", referring to the cluster of hairs adorning the labellum. The genus is mainly confined to the United...
Scientific name:
- Calopogon
Bletilla
Bletilla is a temperate, terrestrial genus of orchids containing 9 species distributed through China, Japan and Taiwan and Vietnam. The name is actually a diminutive of Bletia because of the resemblance between the two genera even though Bletia is a...
Scientific name:
- Bletilla
Cochleanthes
The genus Cochleanthes is made up of fifteen species of orchids which originate from South America. The name Cochleanthes refers to the shape of the flower (in Greek, cochlos means "shell" and anthos means "flower").
This genus as a rule lacks...
Scientific name:
- Cochleanthes
Epidendrum
Epidendrum (pronounced /ˌɛpɨˈdɛndrəm/), abbreviated Epi in horticultural trade, is a large neotropical genus of the orchid family. With more than 1,100 species, some authors describe it as a mega-genus. The genus name (from Greek ɛpɨ, epi and...
Scientific name:
- Epidendrum
Govenia
Govenia Lindl. 1832, is a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. The type species, Govenia superba, was transferred from Maxillaria superba and a genus name was given to commemorate J.R. Goven, a horticulturist & orchid collector from...
Scientific name:
- Govenia
Bulbophyllum
Bulbophyllum is the largest genus in the orchid family Orchidaceae. With 1803 species, it is also one of the largest genera in the entire plant kingdom, exceeded only by Senecio and Euphorbia. This genus is abbreviated in the trade journals as Bulb....
Scientific name:
- Bulbophyllum
Bonnet orchid
Pleurothallis, abbreviated Pths in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids commonly named Bonnet Orchids. The genus name is derived from the Greek word 'pleurothallos', meaning 'riblike branches'. This refers to the rib-like stems of many species...
Scientific name:
- Pleurothallis
Gymnadenia
Gymnadenia is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae) containing 22 terrestrial species.
They can be found in damp meadows, fens and marshes, and on chalk or limestone, often in alpine regions of Europe and Asia up to the Himalayas. The Fragrant...
Scientific name:
- Gymnadenia
Dactylorhiza
Dactylorhiza Necker ex Nevski 1937, is a genus of terrestrial (ground-dwelling) plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae).
The name Dactylorhiza is derived from Greek words δάκτυλος "daktylos" (finger) and ρίζα "rhiza" (root), referring to the...
Scientific name:
- Dactylorhiza
Eulophia
The genus Eulophia, which also constitutes the monogeneric alliance Eulophia, includes 210 species of orchids. It was first described by John Lindley in 1821. The name "Eulophia" was derived from the Greek words "eu" (well) and "lophos" (plume),...
Scientific name:
- Eulophia
Maxillaria
Maxillaria, abbreviated as Max in horticultural trade, is a large genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). This is a diverse genus, with very different morphological forms. Their characteristics can vary widely. Several species form a complex. All...
Scientific name:
- Maxillaria
Cypripedium
Cypripedium is a genus of 47 species from the orchid family (Orchidaceae) and the sole genus of the subtribe Cypripediinae. Its abbreviation used in trade journals is Cyp.
Its members are terrestrial hardy orchids that grow primarily in colder...
Scientific name:
- Cypripedium
Dendrobium
Dendrobium is a huge genus of orchids. It was established by Olof Swartz in 1799 and today contains about 1,200 species. The genus occurs in diverse habitats throughout much of south, east and southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Borneo,...
Scientific name:
- Dendrobium
type:
Hexalectris
Hexalectris is a genus of the family Orchidaceae, comprising 11 species of fully myco-heterotrophic orchids. These species are found in North America, with center of diversity in northern Mexico. It has reddish-purple stems and no leaves. It flowers...
Scientific name:
- Hexalectris
Bletia
Bletia is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost of all of which are terrestrial, some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is distributed...
Scientific name:
- Bletia
Calanthe
Calanthe – commonly abbreviated Cal in horticulture – is a widespread genus of terrestrial orchids (family Orchidaceae) with some 170 species.
The genus is divided into 2 groups – deciduous species and evergreen ones. Calanthe species are found in...
Scientific name:
- Calanthe
Phaius
Phaius is a genus of large, mostly terrestrial orchids (family Orchidaceae). The genus has about 20 species. These species are found in tropical Asia, into China, Japan, Australia, and west to Africa and Madagascar. The genus is abbreviated Phaius...
Scientific name:
- Phaius
Epipactis
Epipactis, or Helleborine, is a genus of terrestrial orchids consisting of approximately 70 species. This genus is abbreviated as Epcts in horticultural trade.
They occur in temperate and subtropical climates of America, Asia, and Europe. These...
Scientific name:
- Epipactis
Coelia
Coelia is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae).
The genus Bothriochilus, established by Lemaire in 1856, however listed exactly the same species as Coelia. Because of Lemaire's later publication date however, Bothriochilus is now considered a...
Scientific name:
- Coelia
Tipularia
Tipularia is a genus of temperate terrestrial orchids (family Orchidaceae), comprising only three species, one each from North America, Japan, and the Himalayas. Its name is derived from Tipula, a genus of cranefly.
Tipularia orchids form leaves in...
Scientific name:
- Tipularia
Isochilus
Isochilus is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) with 7 species. They are lowland epiphytes mainly found in Central America, from Cuba and Mexico to Argentina.
Characteristics of this genus include slender canelike stems with narrow distichous...
Scientific name:
- Isochilus
Broughtonia
Broughtonia is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) of the Greater Antilles. The genus is abbreviated Bro in trade journals.
With the inclusion of the genera Cattleyopsis Lem. and Laeliopsis Lindl. & Paxton it consists of 6 species.
Nir, M....
Scientific name:
- Broughtonia
Encyclia
Encyclia is a genus of orchids. The genus name comes from Greek enkykleomai ("to encircle"), referring to the lateral lobes of the lip which encircle the column. The abbreviation in the horticultural trade is E.
The epiphytic genus occurs in Florida...
Scientific name:
- Encyclia
Cup orchid
Cup orchids (genus Brachionidium) are a group of about 72 species of orchids, found throughout tropical America. The generic name comes from Greek ("little arm") and refers to the protrusions on the stigma.
The genus Yolanda Hoehne is a synonym of...
Scientific name:
- Brachionidium
Lepanthes
Lepanthes (from Greek "scaled-flower") is a large genus of orchids with about 700 species, distributed in the Antilles and from Mexico through Bolivia (with very few species in Brazil). The genus is abbreviated in horticultural trade as Lths....
Scientific name:
- Lepanthes
Lepanthopsis
Lepanthopsis, abbreviated as Lpths in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids with about 38 species, mostly distributed in the Andes and the Caribbean. Lepanthopsis orchids are very small, often with flowers measuring less than 1 centimeter...
Scientific name:
- Lepanthopsis
Cleistes
Cleistes is a genus of plants in the orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae the same family which provides the vanilla bean of commerce. They are native to North and South America. The common names are Rosebud Orchid...
Scientific name:
- Cleistes
Pogonia
Pogonia is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. It includes 7 species, and takes its name from the Greek pōgōn and pōgōníās, meaning, respectively, 'beard' and 'bearded.'
Scientific name:
- Pogonia
Zeuxine
Zeuxine is a large genus of about 90 orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae. The members are mostly found to grow in wet grasslands. In India it is represented by 11 species (Hooker, 1894)
Scientific name:
- Zeuxine
Anoectochilus
Anoectochilus is a genus of about 50 orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae. They are sometimes called "Jewel orchids" because of their attractive foliar venation.
The name is derived from the Greek words : aniktos ...
Scientific name:
- Anoectochilus
Spiranthes
Spiranthes, commonly called Ladies'-tresses, is a genus of orchids (family (Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae.
It has a very wide, almost continuous distribution, mostly in temperate zones of the northern hemisphere: Europe, North...
Scientific name:
- Spiranthes
Brassavola
Brassavola is a genus of 20 orchids (family Orchidaceae). The name comes from the Venetian nobleman and physician Antonio Musa Brassavola. This genus is abbreviated B in trade journals.
These species are native to the lowlands of Central America and...
Scientific name:
- Brassavola
Ponthieva
Ponthieva (commonly called Shadow Witch) is a genus form the orchid family (Orchidaceae). They are named after Henri de Ponthieu, a French merchant who sent West Indian plant collections to Sir Joseph Banks in 1778.
This genus occurs from the...
Scientific name:
- Ponthieva
Cephalanthera
Cephalanthera (Ce-pha-lan-thé-ra), abbreviated Ceph in horticultural trade, is a genus of mostly terrestrial orchids. Members of this genus have rhizomes rather than tubers. About 15 species are currently recognised, several of them common in Europe...
Scientific name:
- Cephalanthera
Lycaste
Lycaste, abbreviated as Lyc in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids that contains about 30 species with egg-shaped pseudobulbs and thin, plicate (pleated) leaves.
Lycaste flowers, like all orchid blooms, have three petals and three sepals. The...
Scientific name:
- Lycaste
Oncidium
Oncidium, abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that contains about 330 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This is a complex, difficult genus, with many species being reclassified...
Scientific name:
- Oncidium
Piperia
Piperia is a genus of the orchid family Orchidaceae. This genus has the following characteristics: (a) a bisexual perennial nongreen plant that grows from buried tubers; fruit capsule bearing numerous minute seeds; (c) pollen that is sticky, and...
Scientific name:
- Piperia
Goodyera
Goodyera are a wide-ranging genus of orchid, one of approximately 800 described Orchidaceae genera within that large and diverse family. The genus is named after botanist John Goodyer.
There are about 25 species of Goodyera worldwide. Creeping...
Scientific name:
- Goodyera
Habenaria
Habenaria, commonly called bog orchids, are a far ranging genus of orchid, one of approximately 800 described Orchidaceae genera within that large and diverse family. There are species in both tropical and temperate zones.
Habenaria species have...
Scientific name:
- Habenaria
Cattleya
Cattleya (pronounced /ˈkætliː.ə/) is a genus of 42 species of orchids from Costa Rica to tropical South America. The genus was named in 1824 by John Lindley after Sir William Cattley, who received and successfully cultivated specimens of Cattleya...
Scientific name:
- Cattleya
Tolumnia
Tolumnia Rafinesque, is a genus in the family Orchidaceae. Previously known as the "equitant Oncidiums," the species were segregated from the mega-genus Oncidium by Guido Braem in 1986. The plants are small, usually epiphytic, with small or absent...
Scientific name:
- Tolumnia
Listera
Listera is a genus of orchids which are known commonly as twayblades, the only member of subtribe Listerinae. Twayblade orchids are native to cooler temperate regions worldwide, including the Arctic. It produces raceme inflorescences with flowers in...
Scientific name:
- Listera
Trichosalpinx
Trichosalpinx, commonly known as the bonnet orchid, is a genus of about 100 species of neotropical orchid. They are characterized by the presence of a ringed, ribbed sheath around the stem. The generic name means "trumpet with hair" and refers to...
Scientific name:
- Trichosalpinx
Corymborkis
Corymborkis is a genus of 8 species of pantropical terrestrial orchids. They bear white or greenish flowers.
Scientific name:
- Corymborkis
Cyrtopodium
Cyrtopodium, often abbreviated Cyrt in horticulture, is a genus of more than 40 species of epiphytic and terrestrial orchids found from Florida and Mexico through Argentina. They appear to form a distinct lineage in the tribe Cymbidieae together...
Scientific name:
- Cyrtopodium
Galeandra
Galeandra, abbreviated as Gal in horticultural trade, is a genus of 20 species of orchids native to tropical America.
Scientific name:
- Galeandra
Comparettia
Comparettia, abbreviated Comp in the horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids. It consists of 14 species, native to tropical America, in particular the Andes.
Scientific name:
- Comparettia
Campylocentrum
Campylocentrum is a genus of rare orchids (family Orchidaceae) native to the West Indies, Central America and South America.
Scientific name:
- Campylocentrum
Xylobium
Xylobium, abbreviated Xyl in horticultural trade, is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae. It contains about 31 species native to tropical America.
Scientific name:
- Xylobium
Dichaea
Dichaea is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae. It contains about 100 species native to tropical America.
Scientific name:
- Dichaea
