Orchidaceae: flowers of the family
72 flowers on Phool that belong to the family Orchidaceae.
OrchidOrchidaceae
A vast family of colourful, often fragrant flowers found almost everywhere on earth
Orchidaceae · Wildflower
Vanilla
Climbing orchids with pods used for the world’s most popular flavor
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Orchis
A group of wild orchids with tuberous roots from Europe, North Africa and Asia
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Wildflower
Red DisaDisa uniflora
A striking red orchid from the mountain streams of South Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower
Dove orchidPeristeria elata
An orchid with white flowers shaped like a dove, Panama's national flower
🇵🇦 Panama and 4 more · Orchid
Early Purple OrchidOrchis mascula
A wild orchid with purple flowers found across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East
🇮🇪 Ireland and 6 more · Wildflower
Blue orchidVanda coerulea
A rare orchid with long-lasting bluish purple flowers from Northeast India and Yunnan
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Orchid
Waling-walingVanda sanderiana
A rare orchid known as the 'Queen of Philippine flowers'
🇵🇭 Philippines · Orchid
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum
A Southeast Asian slipper orchid with blue-green leaves and striped flowers
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Wildflower
Ophrys sphegodes subsp. tauricaՍարդակիր Մեղվակիր, xarı-bülbül, ფუტკრის-დედა
A rare wild orchid from the Caucasus and nearby regions
🇦🇲 Armenia and 7 more · Wildflower
Rhyncholaelia digbyana
The frilled white orchid that is Honduras’s national flower
🇭🇳 Honduras and 4 more · Orchid
Cattleya labiata
An epiphytic orchid from northeastern Brazil with showy lilac or white blooms
🇧🇷 Brazil · Wildflower
Gomesa
A large genus of South American orchids with many species and hybrids
Gomesa · Wildflower
Veitch's MasdevalliaMasdevallia veitchiana
A large orange Andean orchid with iridescent purple hairs
🇵🇪 Peru · Orchid
Multi-flowered AeridesAerides multiflora
A fragrant orchid with many waxy flowers hanging in long sprays
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 6 more · Wildflower
Pigeon orchidDendrobium crumenatum
A white, fragrant orchid that blooms all at once after rain
🇮🇳 India and 5 more · Wildflower
Paraphalaenopsis
A Borneo orchid genus with the longest leaves of any orchid
Paraphalaenopsis · Wildflower
Cooktown orchidDendrobium bigibbum
A lilac-purple orchid from Queensland, the floral emblem of the state
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Wildflower
Grammatophyllum
A group of rainforest orchids with striking green and purple-marked blooms
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 more · Wildflower
Coelogyne
A group of orchids with showy flowers from Asia and the Pacific
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Wildflower
Phalaenopsis schilleriana
A pink-flowered orchid from the Philippines grown as a houseplant
🇵🇭 Philippines · Orchid
Phalaenopsis sanderiana
A pendant-growing orchid native to the Philippines with showy flower clusters
🇵🇭 Philippines · Wildflower
Fowlie's PaphiopedilumPaphiopedilum fowliei
A rare slipper orchid found only in Palawan’s moist lowland forests
🇵🇭 Philippines · Wildflower
Unscented dendrobiumDendrobium anosmum
A Southeast Asian orchid with large purple, raspberry-scented flowers
🇵🇭 Philippines and 3 more · Wildflower
Paphiopedilum delenatii
A fragrant slipper orchid from the shady forests of southeastern Vietnam
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Wildflower
Rhynchostylis giganteaকপৌফুল
A fragrant orchid with dense, foxtail-like flower spikes from Southeast Asia
🇵🇭 Philippines and 7 more · Wildflower
Cymbidium faberi
A wild orchid with pale green, yellow, or purple-tinged flowers from Asia
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Eulophia
A large group of mostly ground-dwelling orchids from Africa and Asia
Eulophia · Wildflower
Vanda falcata
A small fragrant orchid from East Asia, prized for its white flowers and many forms
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Wildflower
Darwin’s orchidAngraecum sesquipedale
The Madagascan orchid with a long nectar spur and a famous moth pollinator
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Wildflower
Daffodil orchidIpsea speciosa
A rare bright yellow orchid of the hills in Sri Lanka and southern India
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 1 more · Wildflower
Grey orchidVanda tessellata
A yellow and brown checkered orchid from the Indian subcontinent to Indochina
🇮🇳 India · Wildflower
Cypripedium tibeticum
A high-altitude slipper orchid with deep maroon to pink flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Wildflower
Comet orchidAngraecum eburneum
The white and green orchid that is the national flower of Seychelles
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 5 more · Orchid
Paphiopedilum insigne
A rare slipper orchid from the Khasi hills with helmet-shaped yellow flowers
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Wildflower
Cockleshell orchidProsthechea cochleata
An orchid with shell-like flowers and a hooded lip
🇭🇳 Honduras and 3 more · Wildflower
Common spotted orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
A wild orchid with spotted leaves and pale purple flowers across Europe and Asia
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 more · Wildflower
Lycaste
A genus of orchids with pleated leaves and fragrant, spotted blooms
🇲🇽 Mexico · Orchid
Rothschild's slipper orchidPaphiopedilum rothschildianum
A rare orchid with wide-spread petals from Mount Kinabalu, Borneo
🇲🇾 Malaysia · Wildflower
Monja blancaLycaste skinneri
Guatemala's national orchid, pure white and rare
🇬🇹 Guatemala and 3 more · Orchid
Bee orchidOphrys apifera
A wild orchid with flowers that mimic the look and scent of a female bee
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
Early spider-orchidOphrys sphegodes
A wild orchid with spider-like flowers found across Europe and the Middle East
🇪🇸 Spain and 6 more · Wildflower
Cattleya
A showy orchid genus from Central and South America
🇨🇷 Costa Rica and 2 more · Wildflower
Leopard orchidAnsellia africana
A large African orchid with spotted yellow flowers and basket-like roots
Ansellia africana · Orchid
Disa
A genus of red-flowered orchids from Africa, some grown as ornamentals
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower
Dactylorhiza
Wild orchids with spotted leaves and pink to red flowers
Dactylorhiza · Wildflower
Foxtail orchidRhynchostylis retusa
A long, hanging orchid with many pink-spotted white blooms
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Wildflower
Noble dendrobiumDendrobium nobile
A fragrant orchid with waxy blooms from the Himalayas and southern China
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Orchid
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Red Disa: Michael Gäbler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dove orchid: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Early Purple Orchid: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blue orchid: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Waling-waling: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum: Secundum naturam, Public domain, source
- Ophrys sphegodes subsp. taurica: Nuvens, Public domain, source
- Rhyncholaelia digbyana: Felix, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cattleya labiata: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Gomesa: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Veitch's Masdevallia: Thomas Fuhrmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Multi-flowered Aerides: William Roxburgh (1751–1815), Public domain, source
- Orchid: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Orchis: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pigeon orchid: Marshman at English Wikipedia / Eric Guinther, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Paraphalaenopsis: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cooktown orchid: No machine-readable author provided. John Hill assumed (based on copyr, CC BY 2.5, source
- Grammatophyllum: Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by William Jac, Public domain, source
- Coelogyne: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Phalaenopsis schilleriana: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Phalaenopsis sanderiana: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Unscented dendrobium: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, source
- Paphiopedilum delenatii: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rhynchostylis gigantea: Lars.Kurth, Public domain, source
- Cymbidium faberi: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Eulophia: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vanda falcata: snotch, CC BY 2.0, source
- Darwin’s orchid: No machine-readable author provided. Jeffdelonge assumed (based on cop, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Daffodil orchid: Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by Joseph Dalt, Public domain, source
- Grey orchid: Designer:M. Hart - Engraver: J. Watts, Public domain, source
- Cypripedium tibeticum: Patricia Harding, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Comet orchid: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Paphiopedilum insigne: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cockleshell orchid: D. Joshua Zampini, CC BY 3.0, source
- Common spotted orchid: Uoaei1, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lycaste: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vanilla: Vanillinmacher at German Wikipedia, Attribution, source
- Rothschild's slipper orchid: Naoki Takebayashi, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Monja blanca: Walter Hood Fitch (1817 - 1892), illustrator, Robert Warner (1814-1896, Public domain, source
- Bee orchid: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Early spider-orchid: Velela, CC BY 2.5, source
- Leopard orchid: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Foxtail orchid: Andri Suprihardi, CC BY 2.0, source
- Noble dendrobium: Maja Dumat, CC BY 2.0, source