Aerides, known commonly as cat's-tail orchids and fox brush orchids, is a genus belonging to the orchid family. It is a group of tropical epiphyte orchids that grow mainly in the warm lowlands of tropical Asia from India to southern China to New Guinea. They are valued in horticulture for their racemes of showy, fragrant, colorful flowers.
Cephalantheropsis is a genus of orchids, comprising 4 accepted species distributed in China, Japan, the Eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia.
Tainia, commonly known as ribbon orchids or 带唇兰属 is a genus of about thirty species of evergreen, terrestrial orchids in the distributed from India, China, Japan, Southeast Asia to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Queensland.
Odontochilus is a small genus from the orchid family (Orchidaceae). These terrestrial, mycoparasitic orchids occur from China, Japan, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Melanesia. The genus is related to Gonatostylis, endemic to New Caledonia.
Hemipilia is a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae. It is native to China, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia.
Panisea is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Indochina.
Pholidota, commonly known as rattlesnake orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are clump-forming epiphytes or lithophytes with pseudobulbs, each with a single large leaf and a large number of small, whitish flowers arranged in two ranks along a thin, wiry flowering stem that emerges from the top of the pseudobulb. There are about thirty five species native to areas from tropical and subtropical Asia to the southwestern Pacific.
Cryptochilus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Its species are native to China, the Himalayas, and Indochina.
Diplomeris is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, and southeast Asia. Three species are currently recognized :
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.
Micropera, commonly known as dismal orchids or 小囊兰属 is a genus of about twenty species of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are large epiphytes with thick roots, long, fibrous stems, linear leaves and whitish or yellow, non-resupinate flowers. The sepals and petals are similar to each other and the labellum is shoe-shaped or sac-like and has three lobes. It is found from Tibet to tropical Asia and the western Pacific Ocean.
Oreorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Asia. Species currently accepted as of June 2014:
- Oreorchis angustataL.O.Williams ex N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb - Sichuan, Yunnan
- Oreorchis aurantiacaP.J.Cribb & N.Pearce - Myanmar
- Oreorchis bilamellataFukuy. - Taiwan
- Oreorchis discigeraW.W.Sm. - Myanmar
- Oreorchis erythrochryseaHand.-Mazz. - Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
- Oreorchis fargesiiFinet - Fujian, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
- Oreorchis foliosa(Lindl.) Lindl. - India, Assam, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan
- Oreorchis itoana(F.Maek.) Perner - Honshu
- Oreorchis micranthaLindl. - Tibet, Taiwan, Assam, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar
- Oreorchis nanaSchltr. - Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei
- Oreorchis nepalensisN.Pearce & P.J.Cribb - Nepal, Tibet
- Oreorchis oliganthaSchltr. - Gansu, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
- Oreorchis parvulaSchltr. - Sichuan, Yunnan
- Oreorchis patens(Lindl.) Lindl. - Japan, Korea, Russian Far East, China
- Oreorchis porphyranthesTuyama - Nepal
- Oreorchis sanguinea(N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb) N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb - Bhutan
Otochilus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, native to China, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia.
- Otochilus albusLindl. - Tibet, Assam, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
- Otochilus fuscusLindl. - Yunnan, Assam, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Indochina
- Otochilus lancilabiusSeidenf. - Tibet, Assam, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Vietnam
- Otochilus porrectusLindl. - Yunnan, Assam, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Indochina
- Otochilus pseudoporrectusSeidenf. ex Aver. - Vietnam
Papilionanthe is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, and the Indian Subcontinent.
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.
Pteroceras is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.
Schoenorchis, commonly known as flea orchids, or 匙唇兰属 in Chinese, 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.
Tupistra is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants found in south Asia, from southern China to Sumatra and Ambon Island. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae.
Rhomboda, commonly known as velvet jewel orchids, is a genus of about twenty species of flowering plants in the orchid family Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are mostly terrestrial herbs with a fleshy, creeping rhizome and a loose rosette of green to maroon coloured leaves. Small resupinate or partly resupinate, dull coloured flowers are borne on a hairy flowering stem. The dorsal sepal and petals overlap and form a hood over the column and there is a deep pouch at the base of the labellum. They are found in tropical regions from northern India through Southeast Asia, China, Japan to Australia and some Pacific Islands.
