Basiphyllaea is a genus of orchids, known as Carter's orchid or crab orchids. They are native to Florida and the West Indies. At the present time, 7 species are recognized:
Bulbophyllum abbreviatum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum discovered in Madagascar and originally described by German botanist Rudolf Schlechter, from material collected by French botanist H. Perrier de la Bâthie in February 1912, which is now kept in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.
Bulbophyllum liparidioides is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. These rare orchids are native to Madagascar.
Bulbophyllum rhodoglossum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum, first described by Rudolf Schlechter in 1913 in Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis. It is an epiphyte growing in Papua New Guinea on trees in mountain forests around 1000 metres in elevation. The flowers are white, and the labellum red with a yellow tip.
Calymmanthera is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 species, native to Maluku, New Guinea, Fiji and the Solomon Islands.
- Calymmanthera filiformis(J.J.Sm.) Schltr. - New Guinea
- Calymmanthera majorSchltr. - New Guinea, Fiji and the Solomon Islands
- Calymmanthera montanaSchltr. - - New Guinea
- Calymmanthera paniculata(J.J.Sm.) Schltr. - New Guinea, Morotai
- Calymmanthera tenuisSchltr. - New Guinea
Lemurella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 4 currently recognized species, native to Madagascar and to the Comoro Islands.
- Lemurella culicifera(Rchb.f.) H.Perrier
- Lemurella pallidifloraBosser
- Lemurella papillosaBosser
- Lemurella virescensH.Perrier
Monophyllorchis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is Monophyllorchis microstyloides, native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia and Ecuador.
Phaius stenocentron is a species of orchid that is native to the Philippines and Sulawesi. It was first formally described in 1911 by Rudolf Schlechter in Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis.
Dipodium stenocheilum, commonly known as tropical hyacinth-orchid, is a leafless saprophytic orchid that is endemic to northern Australia. For most of the year the plant is dormant but in summer it produces a tall flowering stem with up to twenty five white flowers with purple spots and a mauve labellum.
Goodyera yunnanensis is a species of orchid endemic to southern China. It has been reported only from the provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan, growing in forest scrub at elevations of 2,600–3,900 m (8,500–12,800 ft).
Aa microtidis is a species of orchid in the genus Aa.
Habenaria hymenophylla, commonly known as the coastal rein orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to northern Australia. It up to eight leaves scattered along the stem and up to thirty smelly green and white flowers.
Habenaria triplonema, commonly known as the twisted rein orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to northern Australia. It two or three leaves at its base and up to twenty five yellowish, strongly scented flowers.
Habenaria vatia, commonly known as the curved rein orchid, is a species of orchid, that is endemic Queensland where it is only known from a small number of islands. It has between three and five leaves at its base and up to twenty-five small white flowers with a relatively long green and white nectary spur.
Dendrobium litorale, commonly known as the coastal shaggy orchid, is an epiphytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It has a very short rhizome with crowded, slender stems with most of the leaves in the lower half. The leaves are flattened and pointed, the flowers small and pale greenish cream-coloured. It occurs on islands in the Torres Strait and in New Guinea.
Dendrobium maidenianum, commonly known as the coastal burr orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae and is endemic to tropical North Queensland, Australia. It has a single thin, dark green leaf on a thin stem and one or two small white flowers that self-pollinate. It grows on trees and rocks in shady rainforest.
Schoenorchis sarcophylla, commonly known as the fleshy flea orchid, is a small epiphytic orchid with many thin roots, between three and seven crowded, dark green leaves and up to thirty crowded, tube-shaped white flowers. It is found in New Guinea and tropical North Queensland.
Taeniophyllum malianum, commonly known as the tangled ribbonroot, is a species of leafless epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that forms tangled clumps. It has flattened green roots with irregular white spots and pressed against the substrate on which it is growing. There are up to fifteen fragrant yellow, short-lived flowers with up to three open at the same time. It only occurs in tropical North Queensland and in New Guinea.
Trachoma papuanum, commonly known as the yellow spectral orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic clump-forming orchid with a between three and six thick, fleshy leaves and many dull yellow flowers with a white labellum opening in groups of up to four. This orchid occurs in New Guinea, Queensland and some islands in the South Pacific.
Bryobium dischorense, commonly known as the spotted urchin orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic clump-forming orchid that has fleshy, oval pseudobulbs, each with a single thin leaf and between four and eight cup-shaped, cream-coloured or whitish flowers with red spots. This orchid occurs in New Guinea and Queensland.
