Family Orchidaceae

The family also includes Vanilla , Orchis and many commonly cultivated plants such as Phalaenopsis and Cattleya.

Genera in the family Orchidaceae of plants

 

Acanthephippium - Acanthephippium is a genus of orchid with twelve species .

Aerides - The species in this genus, range from small to large monopodial epiphytes, except for Aerides krabiensis, which is a lithophyte.

 

Amesiella - Amesiella is a genus of orchid endemic to the island, Luzon, in the Philippines.

 

Amitostigma - Amitostigma Schltr.

 

Angraecopsis - Angraecopsis is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae.

 

Angraecum - The genus Angraecum, abbreviated as Angcm in horticultural trade, common name Angrek or Comet Orchid, contains about 220 species, some of them among most magnificent of all orchids.

 

Anoectochilus - Anoectochilus is a genus of about 50 orchids belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae.

 

Ascoglossum - Ascoglossum, abbreviated as Ascgm in horticultural trade, is a monotypic genus of epiphytic orchids in family Orchidaceae.

 

Barombia - Species are usually epiphytic, sometimes lithophytic small orchids, resembling Vandas in appearance.

 

Bartholina - The family is named after the seventeenth century Danish scientist Thomas Bartholin.

 

Bulbophyllum - Bulbophyllum is the largest genus in the orchid family Orchidaceae.

 

Bulleyia - Bulleyia is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae.

 

Calanthe - Calanthe – commonly abbreviated Cal.

Ceratocentron - This endemic species is found in the high altitude in Nueva Viscaya to Cordillera Mountain ranges in the Luzon island in the Philippines:

 

Changnienia - Changnienia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.

 

Cheirostylis - The genus Cheirostylis consists of 53 species distributed from tropical Africa to the Pacific Asia .

 

Cymbidium - Cymbidium , or boat orchids, is a genus of 52 evergreen species in the orchid family Orchidaceae.

Cypripedium - Cypripedium is a genus of 47 species of lady's-slipper orchids native to temperate and colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

Dendrobium - About 1,200; see List of Dendrobium species

 

Diaphananthe - Diaphananthe is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.

 

Diplandrorchis - Diplandrorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.

 

Disperis - Disperis is a genus of 74 species distributed in tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Ryukyu Islands, China, Taiwan, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines, New Guinea, and Carolines.

 

Epidendrum - Epidendrum , is a large neotropical genus of the orchid family.

 

Epigeneium - About 35, see text

 

Eulophia - The genus Eulophia, which also constitutes the monogeneric alliance Eulophia, includes 210 species of orchids.

Gastrochilus - Haraella Kudô

 

 

Gymnadenia - Gymnadenia is a genus in the orchid family containing 22 terrestrial species.

 

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.

 

 

Herminium - Herminium is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae.

 

Holcoglossum - Rather than depending on insects or even the wind for pollination, scientists have discovered that the orchid Holcoglossum amesianum actually fertilizes itself.

 

Holopogon - Holopogon is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae.

 

Holothrix - Holothrix is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae.

 

Liparis - Liparis may refer to:

 

Manniella - Manniella is a genus of orchids belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae.

 

Neottianthe - Neottianthe is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae.

 

Ossiculum - Ossiculum aurantiacum is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family.

 

Panisea - Panisea is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae.

Paphiopedilum - Cordula Raf. Menephora Raf. Stimegas Raf.

Phalaenopsis - Phalaenopsis Blume , abbreviated Phal in the horticultural trade, is an orchid genus of approximately 60 species.

 

Platanthera - The genus Platanthera belongs to the subfamily Orchidoideae of the family Orchidaceae, and comprises about 100 species of orchids.

Pleione - Pleione may refer to

 

Polystachya - Epiphora Lindl. Nienokuea A.

 

Smithorchis - Smithorchis is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae.

 

Tsaiorchis - Tsaiorchis is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae.

 

Vanda - Vanda is a genus in the orchid family which, although not large , is one of the most important florally.

 

Vanilla - There are currently three major cultivars of vanilla grown globally, all derived from a species originally found in Mesoamerica, including parts of modern day Mexico.