Sobralia is a genus of orchids native to Mexico, Central and South America. The plants are more commonly terrestrial, but are also found growing epiphytically, in wet forests from sea level to about 8,800 ft. The genus was named for Dr. Francisco Sobral, a Spanish botanist. The genus is abbreviated Sob in trade journals.
Spathoglottis, commonly known as purple orchids or 苞舌兰属 is a genus of about fifty species of orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They are evergreen terrestrial herbs with crowded pseudobulbs, a small number of leaves and medium-sized resupinate flowers on an upright flowering stem. The sepals and petals are all similar to each other and are white, yellow, pink or purple. Species of Spathoglottis are found from eastern and south-eastern Asia to Australia and some Pacific Islands.
Coelogyne is a genus of over 200 sympodial epiphytes from the family Orchidaceae, distributed across India, China, Indonesia and the Fiji islands, with the main centers in Borneo, Sumatra and the Himalayas. They can be found from tropical lowland forests to montane rainforests. A few species grow as terrestrials or even as lithophytes in open, humid habitats. The genera BolborchisLindl., HologynePfitzer and PtychogynePfitzer are generally included here. The genus is abbreviated Coel. in trade journals.
Calanthe, commonly known as Christmas orchids, is a genus of about 220 species of orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They are evergreen or deciduous terrestrial plants with thick roots, small oval pseudobulbs, large corrugated leaves and upright, sometimes arching flowering stems. The sepals and petals are narrow and a similar size to each other and the labellum usually has spreading lobes.
Schomburgkia is a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. This genus is named for Richard Schomburgk, a German botanist who explored British Guiana during the 19th century. Species in this genus are either epiphytic or lithophytic in their growth habit. According to the Royal Horticultural Society Schom. is the official abbreviation for this genus.
Satyrium is a genus of orchid. The Kew plant list for 2010 listed 85 full species as accepted, ignoring synonyms, subspecies and hybrids etc. About ten were still unresolved at the time. Most of the species occur in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. The ranges of four species extend to Asia, mainly in India and Sri Lanka. Hybridization occurs between several species, complicating molecular phylogenetic studies, especially those relying on mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA sequences.
Holothrix is a genus of plants in family Orchidaceae. It contains the following species :
Polystachya, abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is the type genus of the subtribe Polystachyinae. It contains about 100 species widespread across many of the tropical areas of the world.
Pinalia, commonly known as gremlin orchids, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are large epiphytic or lithophytic plants with prominent pseudobulbs, each with up to three thin, flat leaves and cup-shaped, relatively short-lived flowers with scale-like brown hairs on the outside. There are about 120 species occurring from tropical to subtropical Asia to the south-west Pacific.
Trichoglottis, commonly known as cherub orchids or 毛舌兰属 , is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are epiphytic plants with thick roots, relatively thick, fibrous stems and many large, thick, leathery leaves arranged in two ranks. The flowers are usually small and yellowish with light brown or purple markings. The flowers have broad sepals, narrower petals and a labellum which has three lobes and is often hairy. There are about 85 species distributed from tropical and subtropical Asia to the north-western Pacific. Most species grow in rainforest.
Eulophia speciosa is a species of terrestrial orchid found from Ethiopia to South Africa and in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The plants usually grow in grasslands in sandy soils or in clay.
Orthochilus mechowii is a species of orchid. It occurs from Nigeria to Western Ethiopia and South Africa. It was previously known as Eulophia mechowii until recently transferred back to the genus Orthochilus.
Cyrtorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 18 currently accepted species, all native to Africa.
- Cyrtorchis acuminata(Rolfe) Schltr.
- Cyrtorchis arcuata(Lindl.) Schltr.
- Cyrtorchis aschersonii(Kraenzl.) Schltr.
- Cyrtorchis brownii(Rolfe) Schltr.
- Cyrtorchis chailluana(Hook.f.) Schltr.
- Cyrtorchis crassifoliaSchltr. in R.E.Fries
- Cyrtorchis erythraeae(Rolfe) Schltr.
- Cyrtorchis glaucifoliaSummerh.
- Cyrtorchis guillaumetii(Pérez-Vera) R.Rice
- Cyrtorchis hamata(Rolfe) Schltr.
- Cyrtorchis henriquesiana(Ridl.) Schltr.
- Cyrtorchis injoloensis(De Wild.) Schltr.
- Cyrtorchis letouzeyiSzlach. & Olszewski
- Cyrtorchis monteiroae(Rchb.f.) Schltr.
- Cyrtorchis neglectaSummerh.
- Cyrtorchis praetermissaSummerh.
- Cyrtorchis ringens(Rchb.f.) Summerh
- Cyrtorchis seretii(De Wild.) Schltr.
Diaphananthe is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. As currently conceived, it contains 33 accepted species, all endemic to sub-Saharan Africa
- Diaphananthe arbonnieriGeerinck
- Diaphananthe bidens(Afzel. ex Sw.) Schltr.
- Diaphananthe bueae(Schltr.) Schltr.
- Diaphananthe cerifloraJ.B.Petersen
- Diaphananthe delepierreanaJ.-P.Lebel & Geerinck
- Diaphananthe divitiflora(Kraenzl.) Schltr.
- Diaphananthe dorotheae(Rendle) Summerh.
- Diaphananthe eggelingiiP.J.Cribb
- Diaphananthe fragrantissima(Rchb.f.) Schltr.
- Diaphananthe gabonensis(Summerh.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward
- Diaphananthe garayanaSzlach. & Olszewski
- Diaphananthe ichneumonea(Lindl.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward
- Diaphananthe lanceolata(Summerh.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward
- Diaphananthe lecomtei(Finet) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward
- Diaphananthe letouzeyi(Szlach. & Olszewski) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward
- Diaphananthe lorifoliaSummerh.
- Diaphananthe millarii(Bolus) H.P.Linder
- Diaphananthe odoratissima(Rchb.f.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward
- Diaphananthe pellucida(Lindl.) Schltr.
- Diaphananthe plehniana(Schltr.) Schltr.
- Diaphananthe rohrii(Rchb.f.) Summerh.
- Diaphananthe sanfordianaSzlach. & Olszewski
- Diaphananthe sarcophylla(Schltr. ex Prain) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward
- Diaphananthe sarcorhynchoidesJ.B.Hall
- Diaphananthe spiralis(Stévart & Droissart) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward
- Diaphananthe subclavata(Rolfe) Schltr.
- Diaphananthe suborbicularisSummerh.
- Diaphananthe thomensis(Rolfe) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward
- Diaphananthe trigonopetalaSchltr.
- Diaphananthe vagans (Lindl.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward
- Diaphananthe vandiformis(Kraenzl.) Schltr.
- Diaphananthe vesicata(Lindl.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward
- Diaphananthe welwitschii(Rchb.f.) Schltr
Tridactyle is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has about 60-70 known species, all native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Oeceoclades, collectively known as the monk orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is related to Eulophia and like that genus is mostly terrestrial in habit. A few species extend into very arid environments, unusual for an orchid.
Bonatea is a genus of orchids native to tropical and southern Africa, with one species extending into Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
Orthochilus ecristatus, or giant orchid, is a terrestrial species of orchid native to Cuba and to the southeastern United States. It was previously known as Eulophia ecristata or Pteroglossaspis ecristata until recently transferred to the genus Orthochilus. This is one of several species known as a "giant orchid".
