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Flowers

Every flower, one page each: what it looks like, where it grows, when it blooms and what it means. 1,243 flowers so far, best known first.

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Ghost orchidDendrophylax lindenii A rare leafless orchid with white flowers that seem to float in air 🇨🇺 Cuba · Wildflower Pansy orchidMiltoniopsis An orchid with flowers that resemble garden pansies 🇨🇷 Costa Rica and 5 more · Orchid Fire star orchidEpidendrum radicans A bright orange orchid that roots along its whole stem 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Orchid 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 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 Bifrenaria A genus of robust, fragrant orchids from South America 🇧🇷 Brazil and 6 more · Orchid Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis A small white orchid with spiral flowers, blooming in late summer 🇮🇪 Ireland and 6 more · Wildflower 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 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
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