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.
Corybas, commonly known as helmet orchids, is a genus of about 120 species of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Helmet orchids are small, perennial, deciduous herbs and are nearly always terrestrial. They have a single leaf at their base and a single flower on a short stalk, the flower dominated by its large dorsal sepal and labellum. Species of Corybas are found in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, southern China, many Pacific islands and a few sub-Antarctic islands.
Gastrodia, commonly known as potato orchids or as 天麻属 , is a genus of terrestrial leafless orchids in the family Orchidaceae, about ninety of which have been described. Orchids in this genus have fleshy, upright stems and small to medium-sized resupinate flowers with narrow sepals and petals. They are native to Asia, Australia, New Zealand, central Africa, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Bryobium, commonly known as urchin orchids or 藓兰属 , is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are epiphytic or lithophytic plants with large, fleshy pseudobulbs, each with up to three leathery leaves and small, often hairy flowers. These orchids are found from tropical Asia to northern Australia.
Phreatia, commonly known as lace orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to regions bordering the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Plants in this genus are epiphytes, sometimes with pseudobulbs, in which case there are usually one or two leaves. Others lack pseudobulbs but have up to twelve leaves. A large number of small white or greenish flowers are borne on a flowering stem emerging from a leaf axil or from the base of the pseudobulb when present but the flowers do not open widely. There are about 220 species, distributed from tropical and subtropical Asia to the Pacific.
Tropidia, commonly known as crown orchids or as 竹茎兰属 , is a genus of about thirty species of evergreen terrestrial orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They have thin, wiry stems with two or more tough, pleated leaves with a flowering spike at the top of the stem, bearing crowded flowers. Species in this genus are distributed across the warmer parts of both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Sarcochilus, commonly known as butterfly orchids or fairy bells is a genus of about twenty species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Most species are epiphytes but a few species only grow on rocks or in leaf litter. Orchids in this genus usually have short stems, leaves arranged in two rows and flowers arranged along unbranched flowering stems. Most species are endemic to Australia but some are found in New Guinea and New Caledonia.
Cryptostylis, commonly known as tongue orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family. Tongue orchids are terrestrial herbs with one to a few stalked leaves at the base of the flowering stem, or leafless. One to a few dull coloured flowers are borne on an erect flowering stem. The most conspicuous part of the flower is the labellum, compared to the much reduced sepals and petals. At least some species are pollinated by wasps when they attempt to mate with the flower. There are about twenty five species found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.
Erythrodes is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 26 currently recognised species, native to Southeast Asia, China, the Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, and some islands of the Pacific.
- Erythrodes amboinensis(J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. - Ambon
- Erythrodes bicalcarata(R.S.Rogers & C.T.White) W.Kittr. - New Guinea
- Erythrodes bicarinataSchltr. - New Guinea, Vanuatu
- Erythrodes blumei(Lindl.) Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach - from Assam east to Taiwan, south to Java
- Erythrodes boettcheriAmes - Luzon
- Erythrodes celebensisP.O'Byrne - Sulawesi
- Erythrodes forcipataSchltr. - New Guinea
- Erythrodes glandulosa(Lindl.) Ames - Borneo
- Erythrodes glaucescensSchltr. - New Guinea
- Erythrodes hirsuta(Griff.) Ormerod in G.Seidenfaden - Hainan, Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
- Erythrodes humilis(Blume) J.J.Sm. - Java, Sumatra, peninsular Malaysia
- Erythrodes johorensis(P.O'Byrne) Ormerod - peninsular Malaysia
- Erythrodes latifoliaBlume - Java, Sumatra, peninsular Malaysia
- Erythrodes latilobaOrmerod - Sri Lanka
- Erythrodes oxyglossaSchltr. - Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna
- Erythrodes papuanaSchltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach - New Guinea
- Erythrodes parvulaKores - Fiji, Tonga
- Erythrodes praemorsaSchltr. - New Guinea
- Erythrodes purpurascensSchltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach - New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa
- Erythrodes sepikanaSchltr. - New Guinea
- Erythrodes sutricalcarL.O.Williams - New Guinea
- Erythrodes tetrodontaOrmerod - New Guinea
- Erythrodes torricellensisSchltr. - New Guinea
- Erythrodes trilobaCarr - Sabah
- Erythrodes weberiAmes - Philippines
- Erythrodes wenzeliiAmes - Philippines
Gunnarella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It and another orchid genus, Seidenfadenia, are named for Danish botanist Gunnar Seidenfaden. It contains 10 known species, native to New Guinea, New Caledonia and to other nearby islands in the Pacific.
- Gunnarella aymardii(N.Hallé) Senghas - New Caledonia
- Gunnarella begaudii(N.Hallé) Senghas - New Caledonia
- Gunnarella brigittae(N.Hallé) Senghas - New Caledonia
- Gunnarella carinata(J.J.Sm.) Senghas - New Guinea
- Gunnarella florenciae(N.Hallé) Senghas - New Caledonia
- Gunnarella gracilis(Schltr.) Senghas - New Guinea
- Gunnarella laxa(Schltr.) Senghas - Papua New Guinea to Solomon Islands
- Gunnarella nambanaB.A.Lewis - Vanuatu
- Gunnarella neocaledonica(Rendle) Senghas - New Caledonia
- Gunnarella robertsii(Schltr.) Senghas - New Caledonia, New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
Vrydagzynea, commonly called tonsil orchids, is a genus of orchids in the tribe Cranichideae. About forty five species of Vrydagzynea have been formally described. They are native to India, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Malesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. A single species in Australia is possibly extinct. They have thinly textured, stalked leaves and small, dull-coloured resupinate flowers with the dorsal sepal and petals overlapping to form a hood over the column.
Thelasis, commonly known as fly orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are usually epiphytes, sometimes lithophytes or rarely terrestrials. Some species have pseudobulbs with up to three leaves, whilst others have several leaves in two ranks. A large number of small, white or greenish yellow flowers are borne on a thin, arching flowering stem. There are about thirty species, distributed from tropical and subtropical Asia to the southwest Pacific.
Hymenorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea and New Caledonia.
- Hymenorchis brassiiOrmerod - Papua New Guinea
- Hymenorchis caulinaSchltr. - New Guinea
- Hymenorchis foliosaSchltr. - New Guinea
- Hymenorchis glomeroidesJ.J.Sm. - New Guinea
- Hymenorchis javanica(Teijsm. & Binn.) Schltr. - Pahang, Java
- Hymenorchis kaniensisSchltr. - New Guinea
- Hymenorchis nannodesSchltr. - New Guinea
- Hymenorchis saccataSchltr. - New Guinea
- Hymenorchis serrataSchltr. - New Guinea
- Hymenorchis serrulata(N.Hallé) Garay - New Caledonia
- Hymenorchis taniiSchuit. & de Vogel - Papua New Guinea
- Hymenorchis vanoverberghii(Ames) Garay - Philippines
Megastylis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 known species, all native to Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
- Megastylis gigas(Rchb.f.) Schltr.
- Megastylis latilabris(Schltr.) Schltr.
- Megastylis latissima(Schltr.) Schltr.
- Megastylis montana(Schltr.) Schltr.
- Megastylis paradoxa(Kraenzl.) N.Hallé
- Megastylis rara(Schltr.) Schltr.
Peristylus, sometimes commonly known as ogre orchids or bog orchids is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of over 100 known species found across much of eastern and southern Asia as well as in Australia and on many islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Pomatocalpa, commonly known as bladder orchids, or 鹿角兰属 , is a genus of about twenty five species from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes or lithophytes with thick, leathery leaves and a large number of small flowers with a three-lobed labellum. There are about twenty five species found from tropical and subtropical Asia to the south-west Pacific.
Schoenorchis, commonly known as flea orchids, or 匙唇兰属 , is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are small epiphytes with thin roots, thin leafy stems with leaves in two ranks and tiny fragrant, almost tube-shaped flowers with a prominently spurred labellum. There are about twenty five species found from tropical and subtropical Asia to the Western Pacific.
Diurideae is a tribe of orchid in the subfamily Orchidoideae. It contains about 40 accepted genera. As of April 2018, its division into subtribes remained unclear.
Rhinerrhizopsis, commonly known as freckle orchids, is a genus of three species from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with smooth, thin roots, fleshy or leathery leaves and a large number of small, round, short-lived flowers with a three-lobed labellum. These orchids are found in the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea and tropical North Queensland, Australia.
Trachoma, commonly known as spectral orchids, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are epiphytic plants with leafy stems, crowded, leathery leaves arranged in two ranks and a large number of relatively small, short-lived flowers that often open in successive clusters. The sepals and petals are free from and more or less similar to each other, except that the petals are often smaller. The labellum is rigidly fixed to the column and is more or less sac-shaped. There are about 17 species distributed from Assam to the Western Pacific Ocean. Most species grow in rainforests, often on emergent trees such as hoop pine.
