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
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum
A Southeast Asian slipper orchid with blue-green leaves and striped flowers
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Wildflower
Fowlie's PaphiopedilumPaphiopedilum fowliei
A rare slipper orchid found only in Palawan’s moist lowland forests
🇵🇭 Philippines · 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
Darwin’s orchidAngraecum sesquipedale
The Madagascan orchid with a long nectar spur and a famous moth pollinator
🇲🇬 Madagascar · 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
Monja blancaLycaste skinneri
Guatemala's national orchid, pure white and rare
🇬🇹 Guatemala and 3 more · Orchid
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
Blood red BroughtoniaBroughtonia sanguinea
A red-flowered orchid native to Jamaica’s trees and limestone soils
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Wildflower
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
- Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum: Secundum naturam, Public domain, source
- Paphiopedilum delenatii: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rhynchostylis gigantea: Lars.Kurth, Public domain, source
- Darwin’s orchid: No machine-readable author provided. Jeffdelonge assumed (based on cop, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Comet orchid: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Paphiopedilum insigne: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Monja blanca: Walter Hood Fitch (1817 - 1892), illustrator, Robert Warner (1814-1896, Public domain, 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
- Blood red Broughtonia: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Curled Oncidium: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, source
- Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim: Calvin Teo ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source