Orchids
The largest flower family, from vanilla to the moth orchid.
Fire star orchidEpidendrum radicans
A bright orange orchid that roots along its whole stem
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Orchid
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
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum
A Southeast Asian slipper orchid with blue-green leaves and striped flowers
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Wildflower
Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis
A small white orchid with spiral flowers, blooming in late summer
🇮🇪 Ireland and 6 more · Wildflower
Cooktown orchidDendrobium bigibbum
A lilac-purple orchid from Queensland, the floral emblem of the state
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Wildflower
Rhynchostylis giganteaকপৌফুল
A fragrant orchid with dense, foxtail-like flower spikes from Southeast Asia
🇵🇭 Philippines and 7 more · Wildflower
Paphiopedilum insigne
A rare slipper orchid from the Khasi hills with helmet-shaped yellow flowers
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Wildflower
Leopard orchidAnsellia africana
A large African orchid with spotted yellow flowers and basket-like roots
Ansellia africana · Orchid
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
Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim
The national orchid of Singapore, known for year-round blooming
🇸🇬 Singapore · Garden flower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Fire star orchid: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, source
- Dove orchid: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blue orchid: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum: Secundum naturam, Public domain, source
- Autumn Lady's-tresses: No machine-readable author provided. Jeffdelonge assumed (based on cop, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cooktown orchid: No machine-readable author provided. John Hill assumed (based on copyr, CC BY 2.5, source
- Rhynchostylis gigantea: Lars.Kurth, Public domain, source
- Paphiopedilum insigne: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leopard orchid: 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
- Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim: Calvin Teo ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source