Orchids
The largest flower family, from vanilla to the moth orchid.
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum
A Southeast Asian slipper orchid with blue-green leaves and striped flowers
🇮🇩 Indonesia · 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
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
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
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum: Secundum naturam, 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
- Bee orchid: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Early spider-orchid: Velela, CC BY 2.5, 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