Orchidaceae: flowers of the family
93 flowers on Phool that belong to the family Orchidaceae.
VanillaVanilla planifolia
The climbing orchid behind most of the world’s vanilla flavour
🇲🇽 Mexico and 8 more · Wildflower
Fire star orchidEpidendrum radicans
A bright orange orchid that roots along its whole stem
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 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
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum
A Southeast Asian slipper orchid with blue-green leaves and striped flowers
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Wildflower
Rhyncholaelia digbyana
The frilled white orchid that is Honduras’s national flower
🇭🇳 Honduras and 4 more · Orchid
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
Paraphalaenopsis
A Borneo orchid genus with the longest leaves of any orchid
Paraphalaenopsis · Wildflower
Fowlie's PaphiopedilumPaphiopedilum fowliei
A rare slipper orchid found only in Palawan’s moist lowland forests
🇵🇭 Philippines · Wildflower
Cypripedium tibeticum
A high-altitude slipper orchid with deep maroon to pink flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Wildflower
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
Leopard orchidAnsellia africana
A large African orchid with spotted yellow flowers and basket-like roots
Ansellia africana · Orchid
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
Miltonia
Medium-large Brazilian orchids with showy, long-lasting flowers
🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 more · Orchid
Spider orchidsCaladenia
Hairy-leaved ground orchids with intricate, insect-attracting flowers
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Wildflower
Blood red BroughtoniaBroughtonia sanguinea
A red-flowered orchid native to Jamaica’s trees and limestone soils
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Wildflower
Cattleya purpurata
A Brazilian orchid with large, fragrant flowers in many color forms
🇧🇷 Brazil · Orchid
Curled OncidiumOncidium alexandrae
A cool-growing Colombian orchid with crisped white or rose flowers
🇨🇴 Colombia · Orchid
Cattleya schroederae
A fragrant Colombian orchid that blooms around Easter
🇨🇴 Colombia · Orchid
Donkey orchidDiuris
Australian orchids with ear-like petals and dangling sepals
🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower
Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim
The national orchid of Singapore, known for year-round blooming
🇸🇬 Singapore · Garden flower
Slipper orchidCypripedium
Hardy northern orchids with a pouch-shaped lower petal
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Vanilla: Everglades National Park, Public domain, source
- Fire star orchid: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, source
- Early Purple Orchid: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum: Secundum naturam, Public domain, source
- Rhyncholaelia digbyana: Felix, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Veitch's Masdevallia: Thomas Fuhrmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Multi-flowered Aerides: William Roxburgh (1751–1815), Public domain, source
- Paraphalaenopsis: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cypripedium tibeticum: Patricia Harding, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Miltonia: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Spider orchids: KeresH, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blood red Broughtonia: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cattleya purpurata: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5 dk, source
- Curled Oncidium: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cattleya schroederae: Frederick Sander, Public domain, source
- Donkey orchid: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au, source
- Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim: Calvin Teo ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Slipper orchid: Beatriz Moisset, CC BY-SA 4.0, source