| Common Names Beginning with B (Back to Top) |
Latin Name (Back to Top) |
| Babe-in-a-Cradle (Australia) | Epiblema grandiflora |
| Baby orchid | Chysis |
| Bamboo orchid | Arundiana bambusaefolia |
| Bamboo orchid | Sobralia decora |
| Bamboo-leaf orchid | Cymbidium nagifolium |
| Bamboo-leaf orchid [Green] | Cymbidium javanicum var. aspidistrifolium |
| Bamboo-leaf orchid [White] | Cymbidium lancifolium |
| Banana orchid (Australia) | Cymbidium canaliculatum |
| Banderitos (Little flags) (Columbia) | Masdevallia coccinea |
| Bat orchid | Coryanthes speciosa |
| Beaks [Brown] (Australia) | Lyperanthus suaveolens |
| Beaks [Rattle] (Australia) | Lyperanthus seratica |
| Beaks [Red] (Australia) | Lyperanthus nigricans |
| Beard orchid [Pale ] (Australia) | Calochilus herbaceus |
| Bearded bulbophylllum (Australia) | Bulbophyllum barbigerum |
| Bearded orchid [Leafless] | Spiranthes lanceolata |
| Beardie [Great] (Australia) | Calochilus grandiflora |
| Beards [Brown ] (Australia) | Calochilus robertsonii |
| Beards [Copper] (Australia) | Calochilus campestris |
| Bedbug orchid | Orchis chloriophora |
| Bee (Bumble-bee) orchid | Oncidium henekenii |
| Bee orchid | Luisia |
| Bee orchid | Ophrys apifera & |
| Bee orchid (Australia) | Diuris carinata |
| Bee swarm orchid | Oncidium luridum (inv.) (altissimum) |
| Bee swarm orchid | Cyrtopodium punctatum |
| Beech orchid (Australia) | Dendrobium falcarostrum |
| Beetle orchid | Epidendrum porpax |
| Beetles (Cucarrones) | Stanhopea |
| Bell orchid | Grammatophyllum scriptum |
| Bell orchid [Small] | Vandopsis lissochiloides |
| Big ears | Listera borealis |
| Bird orchid | Arundina graminifolia |
| Bird orchid [Alpine] (Australia) | Chiloglottis pesscottiana |
| Bird orchid [Autumn] (Australia) | Chiloglottis reflexa |
| Bird orchid [Broadlip] (Australia) | Chiloglottis trapeziformis |
| Bird orchid [Bronze] (Australia) | Chiloglottis pesscottiana |
| Bird orchid [Common] (Australia) | Chiloglottis gunnii |
| Bird orchid [Dockrill's] (Australia) | Chiloglottis dockrillii |
| Bird orchid [Green] (Australia) | Chiloglottis cornuta |
| Bird orchid [Large] (Australia) | Chiloglottis gunnii |
| Bird-beak orchid | Oncidium ornithorhynchum |
| Bird's head orchid | Ornithocephalus cochleariformis |
| Birds mouth orchid (Australia) | Orthoceras strictum |
| Bird's nest orchid | Neottia nidus-avis |
| Bird's-bill orchid | Goodyera velutina |
| Black man's potato (Tasmania) | Gastrodia sesamoides |
| Black orchid | Trichoglottis phillipinensis var. brachiata |
| Black orchid | Bulbophyllum species |
| Black orchid | Coelogyne pandurata |
| Black orchid | Cymbidium (Cymbidiella) humblotii |
| Black orchid | Masdevallia rolfeana |
| Black orchid | Pleurothallis immersa |
| Black orchid (Australia) | Calanthe triplicata |
| Black-tongued orchid | Epigeneium amplum |
| Blue China orchid (Australia) | Caladenia gemmata |
| Blue Fairies (Australia) | Caladenia deformis |
| Blue orchid | Aganisia (Acacalia) cyanea |
| Blue orchid | Dendrobium victoriae-reginae |
| Blue orchid | Herschelia gramifolia |
| Blue orchid | Vanda coerulea |
| Blunt-leaf orchid | Habenaria obtusata |
| Boat orchid | Spathoglottis plicata |
| Bog candle orchid | Vanilla species |
| Bog-orchid | Hammerbya paludosa |
| Bog-orchid [Boreal] | Habenaria dilitata (Orchis d.) |
| Bog-orchid [Green Flowered] | Habenaria (Platanthera hyperborea) hyperbora |
| Bog-orchid [Northern Small] | Habenaria obtusata |
| Bog-orchid [Slender] | Habenaria saccata |
| Bog-orchid [Tall White] | Habenaria dilitata (Orchis d.) |
| Bog-orchid [White-flowered] | Habenaria dilitata var. leochostachys |
| Botel Tobago orchid (Botel) | Tuberolabium kotoense |
| Bottle-brush orchid | Arpophyllum giganteum |
| Bottle-brush orchid (Australia) | Dendrobium smilliae |
| Bracted orchid (Long bracted orchid) | Habenaria viridis var. bracteata |
| Braided orchid | Lockhartia |
| Bridal veil orchid | Dendrobium teretifolium |
| Bucket orchid | Coryanthes |
| Bucket orchid | Stanhopea |
| Bug orchid | Orchis coriophora ssp fragrans |
| Bull orchid | Dendrobium taurinum |
| Bumble-bee (Bee) orchid | Oncidium henekenii |
| Bumble-bee orchid | Ophrys bombylifera |
| Burned apex orchid (China) | Cymbidium rubrigemmum |
| Burnt orchid (Burnt tip orchid) | Orchis ustulata |
| Buttercup orchid | Spathoglottis pubescens |
| Buttercup orchid (Australia) | Cymbidium madidum |
| Butterfly orchid | Encyclia (Epidendrum) tampensis |
| Butterfly orchid | Epidendrum O'brienianum |
| Butterfly orchid | Oncidium papilio |
| Butterfly orchid | Psychopsis (Oncidium) kramerianum |
| Butterfly orchid (Australia) | Sarcochilus australis (parviflora) |
| Butterfly orchid (Mexico) | Epidendrum venosum |
| Butterfly orchid (Temperate zone) | Orchis papilionacea |
| Butterfly orchid [Florida] | Encyclia (Epidendrum) tampensis |
| Butterfly orchid [Greater] | Platanthera chlorantha (montana) |
| Butterfly orchid [Lesser] | Platanthera bifolia (Orchis b.) |
| Butterfly orchid [White] | Polyrrhiza lindeni |
| Common Names Beginning with C (Back to Top) |
Latin Name (Back to Top) |
| Caladenia [Black Tongue] | Caladenia congesta |
| Caladenia [Bluebeard] (Australia) | Caladenia deformis |
| Caladenia [Bronze] (Australia) | Caladenia iridescens |
| Caladenia [Hooded] (Australia) | Caladenia cucullata |
| Caladenia [Musky] (Australia) | Caladenia augustata |
| Caladenia [Tailed] (Australia) | Caladenia filamentosa |
| Calypso | Calypso bulbosa |
| Camel's foot | Cypripedium |
| Captain King's Dendrobium (Australia) | Dendrobium speciosum |
| Cascading orchid | Diploprora championii |
| Cat's face (Australia) | Diuris filifolia |
| Cat's-tail orchid | Aerides |
| Cat's-tail orchid | Dendrochilum |
| Cat's-tail orchid | Rhynchostylis |
| Cat's-tail orchid | Saccolabium |
| Cedros bee | Oncidium lanceanum |
| Centipede Grass orchid | Zeuxine strateumatica |
| Centipede orchid | Gastrochilus formosanum |
| Chamisso's orchid | Habenaria chorisianum (Pseudodiphryllum chorisiana) (Limnorchis chorisiana) |
| Chatterbox orchid | Epipactis gigantea |
| Cherry orchid | Mediocalcar sepikanum |
| Chicken foot (Pate-de-gallo) (local) (Peru) | Masdevallia veitchiana |
| Chicken-feather orchid (Costa Rica) | Epidendrum ciliare |
| Chinese ground orchid | Phaius (Phajus) tankervilliae |
| Chi-tou wind orchid | Thrixspermum saruwatarii |
| Chive orchid (Taiwan) | Cymbidium gracillimum |
| Chocolate orchid | Encyclia (Epidendrum) phoenicea |
| Christmas bell orchid | Dendrobium lawesii |
| Christmas flower (local) | Atorina (Epidendrum) erubescens |
| Christmas lily | Calanthe triplicata |
| Christmas orchid | Cattleya trianaei |
| Christmas orchid | Cattleya percivaliana |
| Christmas orchid | Angraecum sesquipedale |
| Christmas star orchid | Angraecum sesquipedale |
| Cigar orchid | Cyrtopodium punctatum |
| Cinnamon Bells (Australia) | Gastrodia sesamoides |
| Clamshell orchid (Cockleshell orchid) | Encyclia cochleata |
| Clamshell orchid (Cockleshell orchid) | Encyclia (Epidendrum) lancifolia |
| Clamshell orchid (Cockleshell orchid) | Encyclia (Epidendrum) fragrans |
| Climbing orchid (Australia) | Galeola cassythoides |
| Climbing orchid [Great] (Australia) | Galeola foliata |
| Clown Spikes (Scandinavia) | Orchis morio |
| Club spur orchid | Platanthera clavellata |
| Coconut pie orchid | Maxillaria tenuifolia |
| Cold (Winter) orchid (Taiwan) | Cymbidium kanran (linearsepalum) (purpureum-hiemale) |
| Comb orchid [Golden] | Bulbophyllum flaviflorum |
| Comb orchid [Yellow] | Bulbophyllum retusiusculum |
| Comet orchid | Angraecum sesquipedale |
| Cooktown orchid | Dendrobium bigibbum |
| Copper Beards (Australia) | Calochilus campestris |
| Coral orchid | Rodriguezia secunda |
| Coral-root [Autumn (late)] | Corallorhiza odontorhiza |
| Coral-root [Early (pale)] | Corallorhiza trifida |
| Coral-root [Macrae's (Bigelow's)] | Corallorhiza striata |
| Coral-root [Many flowered (large)] | Corallorhiza maculata |
| Coral-root [Merten's] | Corallorhiza mertensiana |
| Coral-root [Northern] | Corallorhiza trifida |
| Coral-root [Spotted] | Corallorhiza maculata |
| Coral-root [Striped] | Corallorhiza striata |
| Coral-root [Toothed] | Corallorhiza odontorhiza |
| Coral-root [Western] | Corallorhiza mertensiana |
| Corral-root [Wister's] | Corallorhiza wisteriana |
| Cow horn orchid | Cyrtopodium andersonii |
| Cow horn orchid | Cyrtopodium punctatum |
| Cow horn orchid | Schomburgkia (Laelia) tibicinis |
| Cow's foot orchid | Chloraea speciosa |
| Cowslip orchid (Australia) | Caladenia flava |
| Cowslip orchid (Australia) | Dendrobium nindii (tofftii) |
| Cradle orchid | Anguloa especially clowesii |
| Crane orchid | Pecteilis (Habenaria) radiata |
| Crane orchid [Red] | Phaius (Phajus) tankervilliae |
| Crane orchid [Slender] | Phaius (Phajus) gracilus |
| Crane orchid [White] | Calanthe triplicata |
| Crane orchid [Yellow] | Phaius (Phajus) flavus |
| Cranefly orchid | Tipularia discolor |
| Creeping forest orchid (Australia) | Townsonia viridis |
| Creeping Goodyera | Goodyera repens |
| Crib of Venus | Anguloa |
| Cricket orchid | Brassia caudata |
| Crippled Crane Fly orchid | Tipularia discolor |
| Crooked spur | Campyloscentrum pachyrrhizum |
| Crucifix orchid | Epidendrum radicans (ibaguense) |
| Cucarrones (Beetles) | Stanhopea |
| Cucumber orchid | Dendrobium cucumerinum |
| Cut-grass orchid | Cymbidium lancifolium |
| Cylinder orchid [Large] | Eria luchuensis |
| Cylinder orchid [Small] | Eria hypomelana |
| Cythera | Calypso bulbosa |
| Common Names Beginning with F (Back to Top) |
Latin Name (Back to Top) |
| Faham Tea orchid | Jumellea fragrans |
| Fairy Bells (Australia) | Sarcochilus ceciliae |
| Fairy-slipper | Calypso bulbosa |
| Fairy's-peach-on-the-rock (China) | Pholidota |
| Fan-lipped orchid | Orchis saccata |
| Field Tulip (Chile) | Chloraea incisa |
| Fire orchid | Renanthera imschootiana |
| Fireworks orchid | Brassavola cucculata |
| Five-leaved orchid | Isotria species |
| Flame orchid | Renanthera storeii |
| Flor de Jesu | Laelia rubescens |
| Flor de Mayo (Mayflower orchid) | Laelia majalis (speciosa) |
| Flor de nacar (Mother of pearl flower) | Catasetum pileatum |
| Flor de Pelicano (Pelican orchid) | Cypripedium irapeanum |
| Florida Blue (Pacific Florida Islands) | Dendrobium gouldii (blue form) |
| Florida epidendrum | Epidendrum conopseum |
| Flower in the Form of a Yellow Serpent (cozlicoatzontecoxochitl) (pre-Mexican) | Encyclia (Cattleya) citrina |
| Flower of San Sebastian | Cattleya skinneri var. alba |
| Flower of the Dead | Oncidium tigrinum |
| Flower of the Gods | Disa uniflora |
| Flower of the Heavenly Spirits | Galearis species |
| Flower of the Holy Spirit | Peristeria elata |
| Fly orchid | Orchis muscifera |
| Fly orchid | Ophrys insectifera |
| Flying bird orchid | Mormodes |
| Flying duck orchid | Paracaleanea nigrita |
| Flying duck orchid (Australia) | Caleana major |
| Fool Stone (France ?) | Orchis morio |
| Four season orchid | Cymbidium ensifolium (hoosai) (sinense) |
| Four seasons orchid (Taiwan) | Cymbidium ensifolium (hoosai) (sinense) |
| Four spotted orchid | Orchis quadripunctata |
| Fox brush (Foxtail) orchid | Dendrochilum |
| Fox brush (Foxtail) orchid | Aerides |
| Fox brush (Foxtail) orchid | Saccolabium |
| Fox brush (Foxtail) orchid | Rhynchostylis |
| Fragrant orchid | Orchis coriophora (fragrans) |
| Fragrant orchid | Gymnadenia conopsea |
| Fragrant orchid (Shiang lan) (Taiwan) | Haraella retrocalla (odorata) |
| Fragrant orchid [Short-spurred] | Gymnadenia odoratissima |
| Fragrant orchid [White] | Habenaria dilitata (Orchis d.) |
| Fragrant sand grass | Cyperorchis babae |
| Fraueschub (Germany) | Cypripedium calceolus |
| Fried egg orchid | Dendrobium chrysotoxum |
| Fringed Hare orchid (Australia) | Leptoceras fimbriatum |
| Fringed orchid [Crested] | Platanthera cristata |
| Fringed orchid [Large purple] | Platanthera grandiflora |
| Fringed orchid [Prairie] | Platanthera leucophaea |
| Fringed orchid [Purple] | Habenaria (Platanthera) psycodes |
| Fringed orchid [Ragged] | Habenaria (Platanthera) lacera |
| Fringed orchid [Small purple] | Platanthera (Habenaria) psycodes |
| Fringed orchid [White] | Platanthera (Habenaria) blephariglottis |
| Fringed orchid [Yellow / Orange] | Habenaria (Platanthera) ciliaris |
| Frog orchid | Coeloglossum viride |
| Frog orchid | Polyrrhiza lindeni |
| Frog orchid | Habenaria viridis var. bracteata |
| Frog orchid [American] | Habenaria viridis var. bracteata |
| Frog's skin (Columbia) | Masdevallia chestertonii |
| Fu Ran (Wind orchid) (China) | Neofinetia falcata |
| Furred Eria | Eria vestita |
| Common Names Beginning with G (Back to Top) |
Latin Name (Back to Top) |
| Ghost orchid | Harrisella porrecta |
| Ghost orchid | Campyloscentrum pachyrrhizum |
| Ghost orchid | Polyrrhiza lindeni |
| Giant orchid | Grammatophyllum speciosum |
| Giant orchid (Giant Helleborine) | Epipactis gigantea |
| Glory of the East | Pleione |
| Gnat (Mosquito) orchid (Australia) | Acianthus exertus (reniformis) |
| Goat's head orchid | Batemannia colleyi |
| Goat's milk (Brazil) | Oncidium onustum |
| Goat's mouth | Xylobium colleyi |
| Goblin orchid | Mormodes unicolor |
| Golden chain orchid | Platyclinis filiformis |
| Golden cicada orchid | Chrysoglossum ornatum |
| Golden cricket orchid | Cryptostylis arachnites |
| Golden diuris (Australia) | Diuris aurea |
| Golden leaf-edge (Golden edged) orchid (Taiwan) | Cymbidium illiberale |
| Golden Moth orchid (Australia) | Diuris pedenculata |
| Golden orchid | Dendrobium discolor |
| Golden showers orchid | Oncidium |
| Golden slippers | Paphiopedilum armeniacum |
| Golden yellow Cattleya | Cattleya aurea |
| Golden-thread orchid | Cymbidium ensifolium (housai) (sinense) |
| Granny's bonnet (Australia) | Disperis fanniniae |
| Granny's bonnet (Australia) | Disperis capensis |
| Grass orchid | Eulophia squalida |
| Grass pink | Calopogon pulchellum |
| Grass pink | Calopogon tuberosus |
| Grass pink [Bearded] | Calopogon barbata |
| Grass pink [Pale] | Calopogon pallidus |
| Gray fox | Miltonia endresii |
| Green fly orchid | Epidendrum conopseum |
| Green men orchid | Aceras anthropophora (anthropomorpha) |
| Green squid orchid (Guatemala) | Epidendrum cochleatum |
| Green winged orchid | Orchis morio ssp. morio |
| Greenhood [Alpine] (Australia) | Pterostylis alata |
| Greenhood [Autumn] | Pterostylis reflexa (revoluta) |
| Greenhood [Baby] (Australia) | Pterostylis parviflora |
| Greenhood [Banded] (Australia) | Pterostylis vittata |
| Greenhood [Bearded] (Australia & | New Zealand) |
| Greenhood [Blunt] (Australia & | New Guinea) |
| Greenhood [Brittle] (Australia) | Pterostylis truncata |
| Greenhood [Brown] (Australia) | Pterostylis pedoglossa (scabrida) |
| Greenhood [Dwarf] (Australia & | New Zealand) |
| Greenhood [Jug] (Australia) | Pterostylis recurva |
| Greenhood [Large striped] (Australia) | Pterostylis robusta |
| Greenhood [Leafy] (Australia) | Pterostylis cucullata |
| Greenhood [Little dumpies] | Pterostylis truncata |
| Greenhood [Midget] (Australia) | Pterostylis mutice |
| Greenhood [Nodding] (Australia) | Pterostylis mutans |
| Greenhood [Plumed] (Australia) | Pterostylis plumosa |
| Greenhood [Sharp leaf] (Australia) | Pterostylis robusta |
| Greenhood [Sickle] (Australia) | Pterostylis falcata |
| Greenhood [Small Autumn] (Australia) | Pterostylis reflexa (revoluta) |
| Greenhood [Striped] (Australia) | Pterostylis alata |
| Greenhood [Summer] (Australia) | Pterostylis decurva |
| Greenhood [Superb] (Australia) | Pterostylis grandiflora |
| Greenhood [Swan] (Australia & | New Zealand) |
| Greenhood [Tailed] (Australia) | Pterostylis pedoglossa (scabrida) |
| Greenhood [Tall] (Australia) | Pterostylis longifolia |
| Greenhood [Tiny] (Australia) | Pterostylis parviflora |
| Greenhood [Trim] (Australia) | Pterostylis concinna |
| Ground gem orchid | Geodorum densiflorum |
| Guadalcanal gold | Dendrobium gouldii (light coloured) |
| Guaria morada (Costa Rica) | Cattleya skinneri |
| Guckuko (Sweden) | Cypripedium calceolus |
| Gueria de turrialba | Cattleya dowiana |
| Gueria reina | Cattleya dowiana |
| Common Names Beginning with H (Back to Top) |
Latin Name (Back to Top) |
| Hammer orchid (Australia) | Drakaea (4 species) |
| Hammer orchid (Australia) | Drakaea jeanensis |
| Hammer orchid [Warty] (Australia) | Drakaea fitzgeraldii |
| Hanged-man orchid | Aceras anthropophora (anthropomorpha) |
| Hard-leaved Pocket orchid | Paphiopedilum micranthum |
| Hardy chinese orchid | Pleione limprichtii |
| Hare orchid (Australia) | Caladenia menziesii |
| Heal-all | Habenaria (Platanthera) orbiculata |
| Heart orchid | Mischobulbum cordifolium |
| Heath spotted orchid | Dactylorhiza maculata ssp ericetorum |
| Helleborine [Broad-leaved] | Epipactis helleborine |
| Helleborine [Dark red] | Epipactis atropupureum |
| Helleborine [European large white] | Cephalanthera pallens (damsonianum) |
| Helleborine [Giant ] (Giant orchid) | Epipactis gigantea |
| Helleborine [Marsh] | Epipactis palustris |
| Helleborine [Narrow leaved] | Cephalanthera xiphophyllum (longifolia) |
| Helleborine [Red] | Cephalanthera rubra |
| Helleborine [Sword-leaved] | Cephalanthera xiphophyllum (longifolia) |
| Helmet orchid [Abell's] (Australia) | Corybas abellianus |
| Helmet orchid [Frosty] (Australia) | Corybas pruinasa |
| Helmet orchid [Purple] (Australia) | Corybas diemenicus |
| Helmet orchid [Slatey] (Australia) | Corybas diemenicus |
| Helmet orchid [Small] (Australia) | Corybas unguiculatus |
| Helmet orchid [Spurred] (Australia) | Corybas acontiflorus |
| Helmet orchid [Stately] (Australia) | Corybas dilatatus |
| Helmet orchid [Tailed] (Australia) | Corybas undulatus |
| Helmet orchid [Toothed] (Australia) | Corybas dilitatus |
| Helmet orchid [Veined] (Australia) | Corybas dilitatus |
| Hider-of-the-north | Calypso bulbosa |
| Himalayan crocus | Pleione |
| Holy Ghost orchid (Plant) | Peristeria elata |
| Honohono | Dendrobium superbum |
| Horned orchid (Australia) | Orthoceras strictum |
| Horse-shoe orchid | Ophrys ferrum-equinum |
| Horse-whip orchid | Collabium formosanum |
| Hyacinth orchid | Bletia striata |
| Hyacinth orchid | Arpophyllum spicatum |
| Hyacinth orchid | Bletia hyacinthina |
| Hyacinth orchid (Australia) | Dipodium punctatum |
| Hyndy kuayna (Always young) (Inca) | Epidendrum secundum |
| Common Names Beginning with L (Back to Top) |
Latin Name (Back to Top) |
| La Mosca (The Fly) | Trichoceras antennifera |
| Ladies of the night | Brassavolas |
| Ladies' Tresses [Austral] (Australia) | Spiranthes sinensis |
| Ladies' Tresses [Hooded] | Spiranthes romanozoffiana |
| Ladies' Tresses [Little] | Spiranthes tuberosa |
| Ladies' Tresses [Navasota] | Spiranthes parksii |
| Ladies' Tresses [Nodding] | Epipactis helleborine |
| Ladies' Tresses [Nodding] | Spiranthes cernua |
| Ladies' Tresses [Romanozoff's] | Spiranthes romanozoffiana |
| Ladies' tresses [Scarlet] | Spiranthes cinnabarina |
| Ladies' Tresses [Scented] | Spiranthes |
| Ladies' Tresses [Scented] | Spiranthes cernua var. odorata (odorata) |
| Ladies' Tresses [Shining] | Spiranthes lucida |
| Lady of the Night orchid | Brassavola nodosa |
| Lady of the Night orchid | Epidendrum nocturnum |
| Lady orchid | Orchis purpurea |
| Lady's-slipper [Brownie] | Cypripedium fasciculatum |
| Lady's-slipper [Chinese] | Calypso bulbosa |
| Lady's-slipper [Clustered] | Cypripedium fasciculatum |
| Lady's-slipper [False] | Epipactis gigantea |
| Lady's-slipper [Franklyn's] | Cypripedium passerinum |
| Lady's-slipper [Large white] | Cypripedium reginae |
| Lady's-slipper [Large] | Cypripedium montanum |
| Lady's-slipper [Mountain] | Cypripedium montanum |
| Lady's-slipper [Queen's] | Cypripedium reginae |
| Lady's-slipper [Ram's head] | Criosanthes arietina |
| Lady's-slipper [Showy] | Cypripedium reginae |
| Lady's-slipper [Small white northern] | Cypripedium passerinum |
| Lady's-slipper [Sparrow's egg] | Cypripedium passerinum |
| Lady's-slipper [Spotted] | Cypripedium guttatum |
| Lady's-slipper [Swallow's egg] | Cypripedium passerinum |
| Lady's-slipper [White] | Cypripedium montanum |
| Lady's-slipper [Yellow] | Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens |
| Lady's-slipper orchid [False] | Calypso bulbosa |
| Lamb's tail | Epidendrum moyobambae |
| Lax-flowered orchid | Orchis laxifolia |
| Leafy white orchid | Habenaria dilitata (Orchis d.) |
| Leek orchid | Cymbidium formosanum var. gracillimum |
| Leek orchid [Alpine] (Australia) | Prasophyllum suttonii |
| Leek orchid [Archer's] (Australia) | Prasophyllum archeri |
| Leek orchid [Australe] (Australia) | Prasophyllum australe |
| Leek orchid [Broad Lip] (Australia) | Prasophyllum patens |
| Leek orchid [Dusky] (Australia) | Prasophyllum viride |
| Leek orchid [Elfin] (Australia) | Prasophyllum morrisii |
| Leek orchid [Graceful] (Australia) | Prasophyllum gracile |
| Leek orchid [Hairy] (Australia) | Prasophyllum morrisii |
| Leek orchid [Mauve] (Australia) | Prasophyllum suttonii |
| Leek orchid [Scented] (Australia) | Prasophyllum odoratum |
| Leek orchid [Short-lipped] (Australia) | Prasophyllum brevilabra |
| Leek orchid [Tall] (Australia) | Prasophyllum elatum |
| Leg orchid [Large] | Eria luchuensis |
| Leg orchid [Small] | Eria hypomelana |
| Lemon orchid (W. Australia) | Thelymitra antennifera |
| Leopard orchid | Trichoglottis ionosma |
| Leopard orchid (Africa) | Ansellia |
| Leopard orchid (Australia) | Dendrobium gracilicaule |
| Leopard orchid (Australia) | Diuris maculata |
| Lily of the Valley orchid | Lemboglossum (Odontoglossum) pulchellum |
| Lily of the Valley orchid | Eria spicata |
| Lily of the Valley orchid (Australia) | Dendrobium monophyllum |
| Lily orchid | Bulbophyllum transarisanense |
| Lindens's Angunck | Polyrrhiza lindeni |
| Lion's moustache orchid | Angraecum leonis |
| Little bulls | Stanhopea |
| Little flags (Banderitos) (Columbia) | Masdevallia coccinea |
| Little man orchid | Gomesa crispa |
| Little pigeon orchid | Codonorchis tetraphylla |
| Little tarantula orchid | Oncidium henekenii |
| Little virgin orchid | Caularthron (Diacrum) bilamellatum |
| Little white woodbird | Cephalanthera xiphophylum (longifolia) |
| Lizard orchid | Bulbophyllum purpurea |
| Lizard orchid | Himantoglossum hircinum |
| Lizard orchid (Australia) | Burnettia cuneata (amcola) |
| Loose-flowered orchid | Orchis laxifolia |
| Common Names Beginning with R (Back to Top) |
Latin Name (Back to Top) |
| Rabbit Ears | Encyclia adenocaula |
| Rabbit Ears (Australia) | Thelymitra antennifera |
| Rabbit orchid (Australia) | Caladenia menziesii |
| Rainbow orchid | Epidendrum radicans (ibaguense) |
| Rainbow orchid | Paphiopedilum wardii |
| Raspy Root orchid (Australia) | Rhinerrhiza (Sarcochilus) divitiflora |
| Rat tail orchid | Bulbophyllum pachyrhachis |
| Rat tail orchid (Australia) | Dendrobium striolatum |
| Rat tail orchid (Australia) | Dendrobium tenuissimum |
| Rat tail orchid (Australia) | Dendrobium mortii |
| Rat tail orchid (Australia) | Dendrobium beckleri |
| Rat tail orchid (Australia) | Dendrobium teretifolium |
| Rat tail orchid (Australia) | Dendrobium racemosum |
| Rat tailed phalaenopsis | Phalaenopsis denevei |
| Rat tailed phalaenopsis | Phalaenopsis labukensis |
| Rat tailed phalaenopsis | Phalaenopsis laycockii |
| Rat-tail orchid | Oncidium cebollata |
| Rattlesnake [Western] | Goodyera oblongifolia |
| Rattlesnake orchid | Pholidota imbricata |
| Rattlesnake orchid | Pholidota chinensis |
| Rattlesnake orchid [Green-leaved] | Goodyera oblongifolia |
| Rattlesnake plantain [Downy] | Goodyera pubescens |
| Rattlesnake plantain [Dwarf] | Goodyera repens |
| Rattlesnake plantain [Menzies] | Goodyera oblongifolia |
| Rattlesnake plantain [Northern] | Goodyera repens |
| Ravine orchid (Australia) | Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii |
| Red Crucifix orchid | Epidendrum O'brienianum |
| Red Moon orchid (Malaya) | Phalaenopsis corningiana |
| Red orchid | Renanthera moluscara |
| Redhood (Australia) | Pterostylis coccinea |
| Redwood orchid (California) | Calypso bulbosa |
| Rein orchid [Green] | Habenaria (Platanthera) clavellata |
| Rein orchid [One-leaved] | Habenaria obtusata |
| Rein orchid [Southern] | Platanthera flava var. flava |
| Rein orchid [Western] | Habenaria unalascensis |
| Rein orchid [Wood] | Habenaria unalascensis var. elata |
| Reina del Choco | Cattleya dowiana var. aurea |
| Reina del Dagua | Miltonia (Miltoniopsis) roezlii |
| Rich & | noble orchid (Japan) |
| Rima-Rima (Peru) | Masdevallia uniflora |
| Riverstream orchid (Japan) | Cymbidium goeringii |
| Rock lily | Dendrobium speciosum |
| Rock orchid | Cymbidium rubrigemmum |
| Rock orchid [Green] (Australia) | Rimacola elliptica |
| Rock orchid [Pink] (Australia) | Dendrobium kingianum |
| Rock orchid [Streaked] (Australia) | Dendrobium striolatum |
| Rock orchid [Yellow] (Australia) | Liparis reflexa |
| Rocket orchid | Angraecum sesquipedale |
| Rosary orchid | Coelogyne ruchosina |
| Rosebud orchid | Cleistes divaricata |
| Round-leaved orchid [Large] | Habenaria (Platanthera) orbiculata |
| Round-leaved Orchis [Small] | Orchis rotundifolia |
| Rubyhood (Australia) | Pterostylis pusilla |
| Ruddy Hood (Australia) | Pterostylis rufa |
| Common Names Beginning with S (Back to Top) |
Latin Name (Back to Top) |
| Sabot de la virge (France) | Cypripedium calceolus |
| Samurai orchid | Neofinetia falcata |
| San Juanes | Cattleya warscewiczii |
| San Juanes | Cattleya dowiana |
| Sawfly orchid | Ophrys lenthredinifera |
| Sawfly orchid | Orchis muscifera |
| Scent-bottle orchid (Nfld) | Platanthera dilatata |
| Scorpion orchid | Arachnis especially flos-aeris |
| Scorpion orchid | Arachnis especially maingayi |
| Scorpion orchid [White] | Arachnis hookeriana |
| Scrub lily (Australia) | Calanthe triplicata |
| Seed pearl orchid | Pholidota cantonensis |
| Sepik Blue orchid | Dendrobium ostrinoglossum |
| Shadow witch | Ponthieva racemosa |
| Shower of gold | Oncidium |
| Showy Orchis | Orchis spectabilis |
| Silk pearl orchid (China) | Pholidota cantonensis |
| Singapore orchid | Vanda Miss Joaquin |
| Slender-spire orchid | Habenaria unalascensis |
| Slipper [Purple-spot White] | Cypripedium passerinum |
| Slipper of the Queen, with shoe laces | Phragmipedium species |
| Slipper orchid [Golden] | Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens |
| Slipper orchid [Jade] | Paphiopedilum malipoense |
| Slipper orchid [Silver] | Paphiopedilum micranthum |
| Small Demon (Australia) | Dendrobium ruppianum (fusiforme) |
| Small horn orchid | Ascocentrum pumilum |
| Small lemon orchid | Dendrobium ruppianum (fusiforme) |
| Small white orchid | Dendrobium ephemerum |
| Snake Flower (Australia) | Cymbidium suave |
| Snake mouth | Pogonia ophioglossoides |
| Snake orchid (Australia) | Diuris pedenculata |
| Snake orchid (Ceylon) | Vanilla species |
| Snow orchid | Cephalanthera austinae |
| Snow orchid (China) | Cymbidium tsukergensis |
| Snowy orchid | Platanthera nivea |
| Soldier's Crest (Australia) | Oberonia palmicola |
| Sparrow orchid | Dendrobium crumenatum |
| Spider orchid | Brassia |
| Spider orchid | Maxillaria species |
| Spider orchid | Ophrys arinifera |
| Spider orchid | Epidendrum ciliare |
| Spider orchid | Arachnis |
| Spider orchid | Arachnanthe clarkei |
| Spider orchid | Ophrys atrata |
| Spider orchid (Africa) | Holothrix species |
| Spider orchid (Africa) | Bonatea species |
| Spider orchid (Australia) | Dendrobium tetragonum |
| Spider orchid (Australia) | Bartholina |
| Spider orchid (Australia) | Corybas trilobas |
| Spider orchid (Australia) | Caladenia bicalliata (tentaculata) |
| Spider orchid (Australia) | Thelymitra crinita |
| Spider orchid [Common] (Australia) | Caladenia pattersonii |
| Spider orchid [Dwarf] (Australia) | Caladenia bryceana |
| Spider orchid [Early] | Ophrys sphegodes |
| Spider orchid [Green Comb] (Australia) | Caladenia dilitata |
| Spider orchid [Kangaroo Island] (Australia) | Caladenia ovata |
| Spider orchid [Late] | Ophrys fuciflora ssp maxima |
| Spider orchid [Late] | Ophrys fuciflora |
| Spider orchid [Lazy] (Australia) | Caladenia multiclava |
| Spider orchid [Narrow Lip] (Australia) | Caladenia leptochile |
| Spider orchid [Thick Lip] (Australia) | Caladenia tessellata |
| Spider orchid [Veined] (Australia) | Caladenia reticulata |
| Spinach orchid | Dendrobium hasseltii |
| Spoon leaf orchid | Cymbidium lancifolium |
| Spotted orchid | Orchis maculata |
| Spotted orchid [Common] | Dactylorhiza fuschii |
| Spotted orchid [Green] | Orchis patens |
| Spotted Tiger | Trichoglottis dawsonia |
| Spreading orchid | Cleistes divaricata |
| Spring flower (China) | Cymbidium virescens |
| Spring orchid | Cymbidium ensifolium (hoosai) (sinense) |
| Spring orchid (China) (Taiwan) | Cymbidium formosanum |
| Spring orchid (Taiwan) | Cymbidium formosanum |
| Spring orchid [Broad leaf] (China) | Cymbidium tsukergensis |
| Squirrel foot | Cypripedium |
| St. Joseph's Staff | Schomburgkia (Laelia) superbiens |
| Star of Bethlehem orchid | Angraecum sesquipedale |
| Star of Leyte | Phalaenopsis intermedia |
| Steeple cap | Cypripedium |
| Stick orchid (Japan) | Luisia teres |
| Stone peach orchid | Pholidota uraiensis |
| Stream orchid | Epipactis gigantea |
| Striped Tiger | Trichoglottis fasciata |
| Sugar cane orchid | Arundina species |
| Sulphur Double Tail (Australia) | Diuris sulphurea |
| Sun orchid [Azure] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra azure |
| Sun orchid [Blotched] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra fusco-lutea |
| Sun orchid [Crimson] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra macmillanii
Thelymitra macmillanii |
| Sun orchid [Dotted] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra ixioides |
| Sun orchid [Fringed] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra luteocilium |
| Sun orchid [Great] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra grandiflora |
| Sun orchid [Leopard] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra fusco-lutea |
| Sun orchid [Long Leaf] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra longifolia |
| Sun orchid [Metallic] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra epipactoides |
| Sun orchid [Pink] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra rubra |
| Sun orchid [Salmon] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra macmillanii |
| Sun orchid [Salmon] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra rubra |
| Sun orchid [Scented] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra aristata |
| Sun orchid [Slender] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra pauciflora |
| Sun orchid [Tall] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra media |
| Sun orchid [Twisted] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra flexuosa |
| Sun orchid [Veined] (Australia & New Zealand) | Thelymitra venosa |
| Superba of the Orinoco | Cattleya violacea |
| Swamp lily | Phaius (Phajus) grandifolius |
| Swamp lily | Phaius (Phajus) tankervilliae |
| Swamp orchid [Purple] | Eulophia porphyroglossa |
| Swamp orchid [Yellow] | Eulophia an lensis |
| Swan orchid | Cycnoches especially chlorochilon |
| Swan's neck orchid | Cycnoches especially pentadactylon |
| Common Names Beginning with T (Back to Top) |
Latin Name (Back to Top) |
| Taiwan devil-queller orchid | Acanthephippium unguiculatum |
| Taiwan fragrant orchid | Haraella retrocalla (odorata) |
| Taiwan jewel orchid | Anoectochilus formosanum |
| Tall northern green orchid | Habenaria (Platanthera) hyperbora |
| Tangle orchid (Tangle Roots) (Australia) | Plectorrhiza tridentata |
| Tangleroot orchid (Australia) | Plectorrhiza tridentata |
| Teatree (Titree) orchid (N. Australia) | Dendrobium canaliculatum |
| The Bull (El Toro) | Laelia anceps |
| The Bull (El Toro) | Stanhopea species |
| The Cat (El Gato) | Lepanthes felix |
| The Claw | Masdevallia bomboiza |
| The Clown | Masdevallia bomboiza |
| The Fly (La Mosca) | Trichoceras antennifera |
| The pastor's orchid | Dendrobium macrophylum (musciferum) |
| The Widow orchid | Masdevallia cucullata |
| Three birds orchid | Triphora trianthophora |
| Thumbnail orchid | Dendrobium linguaeforme |
| Tiger orchid | Cleisostoma paniculatum |
| Tiger orchid | Grammatophyllum speciosum |
| Tiger orchid | Odontoglossum grande |
| Tiger orchid | Oncidium splendidum |
| Tiger orchid (Africa) | Ansellia |
| Tiger's beard | Scuticara steelei |
| Tigrilla | Miltonia endresii |
| Tigrillo (Jungle Cat orchid) (Costa Rica) | Odontoglossum hortensiae |
| Tikankonti (Finland) | Cypripedium calceolus |
| Titree (Teatree) orchid (N. Australia) | Dendrobium canaliculatum |
| Toad skin orchid | Dracula (Masdevallia) cutis-bufonis |
| Tongue orchid | Serapias neglecta |
| Tongue orchid | Serapias lingua |
| Tongue orchid | Serapias vomeracea ssp v. |
| Tongue orchid (Australia) | Dendrobium linguaeforme |
| Tongue orchid [Broad leaf] (Australia) | Cryptostylis ovata |
| Tongue orchid [Large] (Australia) | Cryptostylis subulata |
| Tongue orchid [Leafless] (Australia) | Cryptostylis hunteriana |
| Tongue orchid [Small] (Australia) | Cryptostylis leptochila |
| Tongue orchid [Small] (Australia) | Microtis parviflora |
| Tongue orchid [Tartan] (Australia) | Cryptostylis erecta |
| Toothbrush orchid | Campyloscentrum ornithorrhynchum |
| Toothbrush orchid | Dendrobium secundum |
| Toothed orchid | Orchis tridentata |
| Torito Reina (Costa Rica) | Odontoglossum schlieperianum |
| Toritos | Stanhopea |
| Tree on fire | Renanthera elongata |
| Tree orchid | Cymbidium dayanum (alborubens) |
| Tree spider orchid (Australia) | Dendrobium tetragonum |
| Trout-fly orchid | Pleurothallis segoviensis |
| Trumpet Plant | Schomburgkia (Laelia) tibicinis |
| Tulip orchid | Anguloa especially clowesii |
| Turk's whiskers (Chile) | Bipinula fimbriata |
| Turtle shell orchid (Turtle orchid) | Oncidium ampliatum var. majus |
| Twayblade [Bog] | Liparis loeselii |
| Twayblade [Broad-leaved (Broad lipped)] | Listera convallarioides |
| Twayblade [Heart-leaved] | Listera cordata |
| Twayblade [Large] | Liparis liliifolia |
| Twayblade [Lily leaved] | Liparis liliifolia |
| Twayblade [Mannikin] | Listera cordata |
| Twayblade [Northern] | Listera borealis |
| Twayblade [Northwest] | Listera caurin |
| Twayblade [Scutcheon] | Listera convallarioides |
| Latin Names Beginning with C (Back to Top) |
Common Name (Back to Top) |
| Caladenia augustata | Caladenia [Musky] (Australia) |
| Caladenia bicalliata (tentaculata) | Spider orchid (Australia) |
| Caladenia bryceana | Spider orchid [Dwarf] (Australia) |
| Caladenia carnea | Pink Fingers (Australia & New Zealand) |
| Caladenia catenata | Pink Fingers (Australia & New Zealand) |
| Caladenia congesta | Caladenia [Black Tongue] |
| Caladenia cucullata | Caladenia [Hooded] (Australia) |
| Caladenia deformis | Caladenia [Bluebeard] (Australia) |
| Caladenia deformis | Blue Fairies (Australia) |
| Caladenia dilitata | Spider orchid [Green Comb] (Australia) |
| Caladenia discoidia | Dancing orchid (Australia) |
| Caladenia filamentosa | Daddy Long Legs (Australia) |
| Caladenia filamentosa | Caladenia [Tailed] (Australia) |
| Caladenia flava | Cowslip orchid (Australia) |
| Caladenia gemmata | Blue China orchid (Australia) |
| Caladenia iridescens | Caladenia [Bronze] (Australia) |
| Caladenia latifolia | Pink Fairies (Australia) |
| Caladenia leptochile | Spider orchid [Narrow Lip] (Australia) |
| Caladenia menziesii | Duck orchid |
| Caladenia menziesii | Rabbit orchid (Australia) |
| Caladenia menziesii | Hare orchid (Australia) |
| Caladenia multiclava | Spider orchid [Lazy] (Australia) |
| Caladenia ovata | Spider orchid [Kangaroo Island] (Australia) |
| Caladenia pattersonii | Spider orchid [Common] (Australia) |
| Caladenia reticulata | Spider orchid [Veined] (Australia) |
| Caladenia tessellata | Spider orchid [Thick Lip] (Australia) |
| Calanthe triplicata | Scrub lily (Australia) |
| Calanthe triplicata | Crane orchid [White] |
| Calanthe triplicata | Black orchid (Australia) |
| Calanthe triplicata | Christmas lily |
| Caleana major | Duck orchid [Large] (Australia) |
| Caleana major | Flying duck orchid (Australia) |
| Caleana minor | Duck orchid [Small] (Australia) |
| Calochilus campestris | Beards [Copper] (Australia) |
| Calochilus campestris | Copper Beards (Australia) |
| Calochilus grandiflora | Beardie [Great] (Australia) |
| Calochilus herbaceus | Beard orchid [Pale ] (Australia) |
| Calochilus robertsonii | Beards [Brown ] (Australia) |
| Calopogon barbata | Grass pink [Bearded] |
| Calopogon pallidus | Grass pink [Pale] |
| Calopogon pulchellum | Grass pink |
| Calopogon tuberosus | Grass pink |
| Calypso bulbosa | Fairy-slipper |
| Calypso bulbosa | Pink slipper |
| Calypso bulbosa | Lady's-slipper [Chinese] |
| Calypso bulbosa | Cythera |
| Calypso bulbosa | Calypso |
| Calypso bulbosa | Lady's-slipper orchid [False] |
| Calypso bulbosa | Deers head orchid |
| Calypso bulbosa | Hider-of-the-north |
| Calypso bulbosa | Redwood orchid (California) |
| Campyloscentrum ornithorrhynchum | Toothbrush orchid |
| Campyloscentrum pachyrrhizum | Ghost orchid |
| Campyloscentrum pachyrrhizum | Crooked spur |
| Capanemia micromeira | Porcupine orchid |
| Catasetum macrocarpum | Monkey goblet |
| Catasetum macrocarpum | Monkshead |
| Catasetum pileatum | Flor de nacar (Mother of pearl flower) |
| Catasetum pileatum | Mother of pearl flower (Flor de nacar) |
| Cattleya aurea | Golden yellow Cattleya |
| Cattleya dowiana | San Juanes |
| Cattleya dowiana | Queen of the Cattleyas |
| Cattleya dowiana | Queen orchid |
| Cattleya dowiana | Gueria de turrialba |
| Cattleya dowiana | Gueria reina |
| Cattleya dowiana var. aurea | Reina del Choco |
| Cattleya mossiae | Easter orchid |
| Cattleya percivaliana | Christmas orchid |
| Cattleya schroderae | Easter orchid |
| Cattleya skinneri | Guaria morada (Costa Rica) |
| Cattleya skinneri var. alba | Flower of San Sebastian |
| Cattleya trianaei | Christmas orchid |
| Cattleya violacea | Superba of the Orinoco |
| Cattleya warscewiczii | San Juanes |
| Caularthron (Diacrum) bicornutum | Virgin orchid |
| Caularthron (Diacrum) bilamellatum | Little virgin orchid |
| Caularthron (Diacrum) bilamellatum | Virgin orchid |
| Cephalanthera austinae | Phantom orchid |
| Cephalanthera austinae | Snow orchid |
| Cephalanthera pallens (damsonianum) | Helleborine [European large white] |
| Cephalanthera rubra | Helleborine [Red] |
| Cephalanthera xiphophyllum (longifolia) | Helleborine [Narrow leaved] |
| Cephalanthera xiphophyllum (longifolia) | White Lady |
| Cephalanthera xiphophyllum (longifolia) | Helleborine [Sword-leaved] |
| Cephalanthera xiphophylum (longifolia) | Little white woodbird |
| Chilochista | Angel without leaves |
| Chiloglottis cornuta | Bird orchid [Green] (Australia) |
| Chiloglottis dockrillii | Bird orchid [Dockrill's] (Australia) |
| Chiloglottis formicifera | Ant orchid (Australia) |
| Chiloglottis gunnii | Bird orchid [Large] (Australia) |
| Chiloglottis gunnii | Bird orchid [Common] (Australia) |
| Chiloglottis pesscottiana | Bird orchid [Alpine] (Australia) |
| Chiloglottis pesscottiana | Bird orchid [Bronze] (Australia) |
| Chiloglottis reflexa | Bird orchid [Autumn] (Australia) |
| Chiloglottis trapeziformis | Bird orchid [Broadlip] (Australia) |
| Chloraea alpina | Mountain tulip (Chile) |
| Chloraea crispa | Parrot's beak (Chile) |
| Chloraea galeata | Early orchid (Chile) |
| Chloraea incisa | Field Tulip (Chile) |
| Chloraea speciosa | White field lily (Chile) |
| Chloraea speciosa | Cow's foot orchid |
| Chloraea ulanthioides | Parrot's Tongue (Chile) |
| Chrysoglossum ornatum | Golden cicada orchid |
| Chrysoglossum ornatum | Yellow lip orchid |
| Chysis | Baby orchid |
| Cirrhopetalum medusae | Medusa's head orchid |
| Cleisostoma paniculatum | Tiger orchid |
| Cleistes divaricata | Spreading orchid |
| Cleistes divaricata | Rosebud orchid |
| Cleistes divaricata | Pogonia [Spreading] |
| Codonorchis tetraphylla | Little pigeon orchid |
| Codonorchis tetraphylla | White Lily (Chile) |
| Coeloglossum viride | Frog orchid |
| Coelogyne dayana | Necklace orchid |
| Coelogyne pandurata | Black orchid |
| Coelogyne rochussenii | Necklace orchid |
| Coelogyne ruchosina | Rosary orchid |
| Coelogyne tomentosa (massangeana) | Necklace orchid |
| Collabium formosanum | Horse-whip orchid |
| Corallorhiza maculata | Coral-root [Many flowered (large)] |
| Corallorhiza maculata | Coral-root [Spotted] |
| Corallorhiza mertensiana | Coral-root [Western] |
| Corallorhiza mertensiana | Coral-root [Merten's] |
| Corallorhiza odontorhiza | Coral-root [Toothed] |
| Corallorhiza odontorhiza | Coral-root [Autumn (late)] |
| Corallorhiza striata | Coral-root [Striped] |
| Corallorhiza striata | Madder-stripes |
| Corallorhiza striata | Coral-root [Macrae's (Bigelow's)] |
| Corallorhiza trifida | Coral-root [Northern] |
| Corallorhiza trifida | Coral-root [Early (pale)] |
| Corallorhiza wisteriana | Corral-root [Wister's] |
| Coryanthes | Bucket orchid |
| Coryanthes macrantha | Monkey orchid |
| Coryanthes speciosa | Bat orchid |
| Corybas abellianus | Helmet orchid [Abell's] (Australia) |
| Corybas acontiflorus | Helmet orchid [Spurred] (Australia) |
| Corybas diemenicus | Helmet orchid [Slatey] (Australia) |
| Corybas diemenicus | Helmet orchid [Purple] (Australia) |
| Corybas dilatatus | Helmet orchid [Stately] (Australia) |
| Corybas dilitatus | Helmet orchid [Veined] (Australia) |
| Corybas dilitatus | Helmet orchid [Toothed] (Australia) |
| Corybas pruinasa | Helmet orchid [Frosty] (Australia) |
| Corybas trilobas | Spider orchid (Australia) |
| Corybas undulatus | Helmet orchid [Tailed] (Australia) |
| Corybas unguiculatus | Helmet orchid [Small] (Australia) |
| Criosanthes arietina | Lady's-slipper [Ram's head] |
| Cryptophoranthus | Window orchid |
| Cryptostylis arachnites | Golden cricket orchid |
| Cryptostylis erecta | Tongue orchid [Tartan] (Australia) |
| Cryptostylis hunteriana | Tongue orchid [Leafless] (Australia) |
| Cryptostylis leptochila | Tongue orchid [Small] (Australia) |
| Cryptostylis ovata | Tongue orchid [Broad leaf] (Australia) |
| Cryptostylis subulata | Moose orchid (Australia) |
| Cryptostylis subulata | Moose Tongue orchid (Australia) |
| Cryptostylis subulata | Tongue orchid [Large] (Australia) |
| Cycnoches especially chlorochilon | Swan orchid |
| Cycnoches especially pentadactylon | Swan's neck orchid |
| Cymbidium | Wind orchid (China) |
| Cymbidium (Cymbidiella) humblotii | Black orchid |
| Cymbidium alborubera | Parson's bands |
| Cymbidium arrangans | Mt. Tu-Wu Fall orchid |
| Cymbidium aspidestrifolium | Peacock orchid [Green-flowered] |
| Cymbidium canaliculatum | Queensland black orchid (Australia) |
| Cymbidium canaliculatum | Banana orchid (Australia) |
| Cymbidium dayanum (alborubens) | Phoenix orchid |
| Cymbidium dayanum (alborubens) | Tree orchid |
| Cymbidium ensifolium (hoosai) (sinense) | Spring orchid |
| Cymbidium ensifolium (hoosai) (sinense) | Four season orchid |
| Cymbidium ensifolium (hoosai) (sinense) | Four seasons orchid (Taiwan) |
| Cymbidium ensifolium (hoosaie) (sinense) | New Year's Day orchid |
| Cymbidium ensifolium (housai) (sinense) | Golden-thread orchid |
| Cymbidium faberi | Multi-flower orchid |
| Cymbidium formosanum | Spring orchid (Taiwan) |
| Cymbidium formosanum | Spring orchid (China) (Taiwan) |
| Cymbidium formosanum var. gracillimum | Leek orchid |
| Cymbidium goeringii | Riverstream orchid (Japan) |
| Cymbidium gracillimum | Chive orchid (Taiwan) |
| Cymbidium gracillimum | Miscanthus orchid (Taiwan) |
| Cymbidium illiberale | Golden leaf-edge (Golden edged) orchid (Taiwan) |
| Cymbidium javanicum var. aspidistrifolium | Bamboo-leaf orchid [Green] |
| Cymbidium kanran (linearsepalum) (purpureum-hiemale) | Cold (Winter) orchid (Taiwan) |
| Cymbidium lancifolium | Bamboo-leaf orchid [White] |
| Cymbidium lancifolium | Cut-grass orchid |
| Cymbidium lancifolium | Spoon leaf orchid |
| Cymbidium madidum | Northern Cymbidium (Australia) |
| Cymbidium madidum | Buttercup orchid (Australia) |
| Cymbidium nagifolium | Bamboo-leaf orchid |
| Cymbidium oiwakensis | Multiflowered orchid |
| Cymbidium pumilum | Yellow margin orchid (China) |
| Cymbidium rubrigemmum | Burned apex orchid (China) |
| Cymbidium rubrigemmum | Rock orchid |
| Cymbidium suave | Snake Flower (Australia) |
| Cymbidium tortisepalum | Miscanthus orchid (Taiwan) |
| Cymbidium tsukergensis | Snow orchid (China) |
| Cymbidium tsukergensis | Mt. Tsukerg orchid |
| Cymbidium tsukergensis | Spring orchid [Broad leaf] (China) |
| Cymbidium virescens | Spring flower (China) |
| Cynorchis | Dog orchid |
| Cyperorchis babae | Fragrant sand grass |
| Cypripedium | Camel's foot |
| Cypripedium | Steeple cap |
| Cypripedium | Whippoorwill shoe |
| Cypripedium | Squirrel foot |
| Cypripedium | Venus' shoe |
| Cypripedium acaule | Moccasin flower |
| Cypripedium calceolus | Guckuko (Sweden) |
| Cypripedium calceolus | Tikankonti (Finland) |
| Cypripedium calceolus | Fraueschub (Germany) |
| Cypripedium calceolus | Kuldking (Estonia) |
| Cypripedium calceolus | Pantoffala (Italy) |
| Cypripedium calceolus | Woodpecker nuksack |
| Cypripedium calceolus | Sabot de la virge (France) |
| Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens | Slipper orchid [Golden] |
| Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens | Yellow Noah's Ark |
| Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens | Lady's-slipper [Yellow] |
| Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens | Moccasin flower [Yellow] |
| Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens | Yellow Indian shoe |
| Cypripedium fasciculatum | Lady's-slipper [Brownie] |
| Cypripedium fasciculatum | Lady's-slipper [Clustered] |
| Cypripedium guttatum | Lady's-slipper [Spotted] |
| Cypripedium irapeanum | Flor de Pelicano (Pelican orchid) |
| Cypripedium montanum | Moccasin flower |
| Cypripedium montanum | Lady's-slipper [White] |
| Cypripedium montanum | Lady's-slipper [Mountain] |
| Cypripedium montanum | Lady's-slipper [Large] |
| Cypripedium passerinum | Slipper [Purple-spot White] |
| Cypripedium passerinum | Lady's-slipper [Small white northern] |
| Cypripedium passerinum | Lady's-slipper [Sparrow's egg] |
| Cypripedium passerinum | Lady's-slipper [Swallow's egg] |
| Cypripedium passerinum | Lady's-slipper [Franklyn's] |
| Cypripedium reginae | Lady's-slipper [Queen's] |
| Cypripedium reginae | Lady's-slipper [Large white] |
| Cypripedium reginae | Lady's-slipper [Showy] |
| Cyrtopodium andersonii | Cow horn orchid |
| Cyrtopodium punctatum | Cigar orchid |
| Cyrtopodium punctatum | Cow horn orchid |
| Cyrtopodium punctatum | Bee swarm orchid |
| Cystopus | Jewel orchid |
| Latin Names Beginning with D (Back to Top) |
Common Name (Back to Top) |
| Dactylorhiza fuschii | Spotted orchid [Common] |
| Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp coccina | Marsh orchid [Northern] |
| Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp coccina | Marsh orchid [Early] |
| Dactylorhiza maculata ssp ericetorum | Heath spotted orchid |
| Dactylorhiza pardatina | Marsh orchid [Leopard] |
| Dactylorhiza praetermissa | Marsh orchid [Southern] |
| Dactylorhiza praetermissa | Overlooked orchid (Germany) |
| Dactylorhiza purpurella | Marsh orchid [Northern] |
| Dactylorhiza purpurella | Marsh orchid [Early] |
| Dactylorhiza sambucina | Elder-flowered orchid |
| Dactylorhiza trounsteineri | Marsh orchid [Narrow-leaved] |
| Dendrobium aduncum | Angelfish orchid |
| Dendrobium aemulum | Ironbark orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium aurantiroseum | Aunty Rosie |
| Dendrobium beckleri | Pencil orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium beckleri | Rat tail orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium bigibbum | Cooktown orchid |
| Dendrobium canaliculatum | Antelope orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium canaliculatum | Titree (Teatree) orchid (N. Australia) |
| Dendrobium canaliculatum | Teatree (Titree) orchid (N. Australia) |
| Dendrobium chrysotoxum | Fried egg orchid |
| Dendrobium crumenatum | Dove orchid (Dove flower) |
| Dendrobium crumenatum | Sparrow orchid |
| Dendrobium crumenatum | Pigeon orchid |
| Dendrobium cucumerinum | Cucumber orchid |
| Dendrobium densiflorum | Pineapple orchid |
| Dendrobium discolor | Golden orchid |
| Dendrobium ephemerum | Small white orchid |
| Dendrobium falcarostrum | Beech orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium gouldii (blue form) | Florida Blue (Pacific Florida Islands) |
| Dendrobium gouldii (light coloured) | Guadalcanal gold |
| Dendrobium gracilicaule | Leopard orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium hasseltii | Spinach orchid |
| Dendrobium kingianum | Rock orchid [Pink] (Australia) |
| Dendrobium kingianum | Pink rock lily (Australia) |
| Dendrobium lawesii | Christmas bell orchid |
| Dendrobium linguaeforme | Tongue orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium linguaeforme | Thumbnail orchid |
| Dendrobium macarthiae | Vesak Mala (Ceylon) |
| Dendrobium macrophylum (musciferum) | The pastor's orchid |
| Dendrobium mirbelianum | Mangrove orchid |
| Dendrobium monophyllum | Lily of the Valley orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium mortii | Rat tail orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium mortii | Pencil orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium nindii (tofftii) | Cowslip orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium ostrinoglossum | May River orchid |
| Dendrobium ostrinoglossum | Sepik Blue orchid |
| Dendrobium pugioniforme | Dagger orchid |
| Dendrobium racemosum | Rat tail orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium ruppianum (fusiforme) | Small Demon (Australia) |
| Dendrobium ruppianum (fusiforme) | Small lemon orchid |
| Dendrobium secundum | Toothbrush orchid |
| Dendrobium senile | Old man orchid |
| Dendrobium smilliae | Bottle-brush orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium speciosum | Pink Rock orchid |
| Dendrobium speciosum | Rock lily |
| Dendrobium speciosum | Captain King's Dendrobium (Australia) |
| Dendrobium speciosum | King orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium striolatum | Rock orchid [Streaked] (Australia) |
| Dendrobium striolatum | Rat tail orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium superbum | Honohono |
| Dendrobium taurinum | Bull orchid |
| Dendrobium tenuissimum | Rat tail orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium teretifolium | Rat tail orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium teretifolium | Pencil orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium teretifolium | Bridal veil orchid |
| Dendrobium tetragonum | Spider orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium tetragonum | Tree spider orchid (Australia) |
| Dendrobium victoriae-reginae | Blue orchid |
| Dendrochilum | Cat's-tail orchid |
| Dendrochilum | Fox brush (Foxtail) orchid |
| Dendrochilum formosanum | Yellow spike orchid |
| Diploprora championii | Cascading orchid |
| Dipodium punctatum | Hyacinth orchid (Australia) |
| Disa uniflora | Pride of Table Mountain |
| Disa uniflora | Flower of the Gods |
| Disperis capensis | Granny's bonnet (Australia) |
| Disperis fanniniae | Granny's bonnet (Australia) |
| Diuris aurea | Golden diuris (Australia) |
| Diuris carinata | Bee orchid (Australia) |
| Diuris emarginata | Donkey orchid [Tall] |
| Diuris especially punctata | Donkey orchid (Australia) |
| Diuris especially purdei | Donkey orchid (Australia) |
| Diuris filifolia | Cat's face (Australia) |
| Diuris laevis | Nanny-goat orchid (Australia) |
| Diuris longifolia | Diuris [Wallflower] (Australia) |
| Diuris longifolia | Donkey orchid [Common] (Australia) |
| Diuris maculata | Leopard orchid (Australia) |
| Diuris palochile | Diuris [Broad Tip] (Australia) |
| Diuris palustris | Diuris [Swamp] (Australia) |
| Diuris pedenculata | Snake orchid (Australia) |
| Diuris pedenculata | Golden Moth orchid (Australia) |
| Diuris pedenculata var. blakneya | Diuris [Purple] (Australia) |
| Diuris punctata | Double Tails (Australia) |
| Diuris sulphurea | Sulphur Double Tail (Australia) |
| Dossinia | Jewel orchid |
| Dracula (Masdevallia) cutis-bufonis | Toad skin orchid |
| Drakaea (4 species) | Hammer orchid (Australia) |
| Drakaea (Spiculaea) ciliata | Elbow orchid (Australia) |
| Drakaea (Spiculaea) huntiana | Elbow orchid [Small] (Australia) |
| Drakaea (Spiculaea) irritabilis | Elbow orchid [Large] (Australia) |
| Drakaea elastica | Praying virgin (Australia) |
| Drakaea fitzgeraldii | Hammer orchid [Warty] (Australia) |
| Drakaea glyptodon | King-in-his-carriage (Australia) |
| Drakaea jeanensis | Hammer orchid (Australia) |
| Dryadella edwallii | Pheasant-in-the-grass |
| Dryadella zebria | Pheasant-in-the-grass |
| Latin Names Beginning with E (Back to Top) |
Common Name (Back to Top) |
| Earina autumnalis | Easter orchid (S. Pacific) |
| Eburophyton species | Phantom orchid |
| Elythranthera brunensis | Enamel orchid [Purple] (Australia) |
| Elythranthera emarginata | Enamel orchid [Pink] (Australia) |
| Encyclia (Cattleya) citrina | Flower in the Form of a Yellow Serpent (cozlicoatzontecoxochitl) (pre-Mexican) |
| Encyclia (Epidendrum) fragrans | Clamshell orchid (Cockleshell orchid) |
| Encyclia (Epidendrum) lancifolia | Clamshell orchid (Cockleshell orchid) |
| Encyclia (Epidendrum) phoenicea | Chocolate orchid |
| Encyclia (Epidendrum) tampensis | Butterfly orchid |
| Encyclia (Epidendrum) tampensis | Onion orchid |
| Encyclia (Epidendrum) tampensis | Butterfly orchid [Florida] |
| Encyclia adenocaula | Rabbit Ears |
| Encyclia boothiana var. erythronioides | Dollar orchid |
| Encyclia cochleata | Clamshell orchid (Cockleshell orchid) |
| Epiblema grandiflora | Babe-in-a-Cradle (Australia) |
| Epidendrum ciliare | Spider orchid |
| Epidendrum ciliare | Chicken-feather orchid (Costa Rica) |
| Epidendrum ciliata | Eyelash orchid |
| Epidendrum cochleatum | Green squid orchid (Guatemala) |
| Epidendrum conopseum | Green fly orchid |
| Epidendrum conopseum | Florida epidendrum |
| Epidendrum mariae | Wedding orchid of Mexico |
| Epidendrum moyobambae | Lamb's tail |
| Epidendrum nocturnum | Lady of the Night orchid |
| Epidendrum O'brienianum | Butterfly orchid |
| Epidendrum O'brienianum | Red Crucifix orchid |
| Epidendrum porpax | Beetle orchid |
| Epidendrum radicans (ibaguense) | Rainbow orchid |
| Epidendrum radicans (ibaguense) | Crucifix orchid |
| Epidendrum secundum | Hyndy kuayna (Always young) (Inca) |
| Epidendrum venosum | Butterfly orchid (Mexico) |
| Epidendrum xipheres | Mosquito orchid |
| Epigeneium amplum | Black-tongued orchid |
| Epigeneium nakahari | Waxy flower Dendrobium |
| Epipactis atropupureum | Helleborine [Dark red] |
| Epipactis gigantea | Helleborine [Giant ] (Giant orchid) |
| Epipactis gigantea | Chatterbox orchid |
| Epipactis gigantea | Lady's-slipper [False] |
| Epipactis gigantea | Stream orchid |
| Epipactis gigantea | Giant orchid (Giant Helleborine) |
| Epipactis helleborine | Helleborine [Broad-leaved] |
| Epipactis helleborine | Ladies' Tresses [Nodding] |
| Epipactis palustris | Helleborine [Marsh] |
| Eria corneri | Woolly orchid [Yellow] |
| Eria hypomelana | Cylinder orchid [Small] |
| Eria hypomelana | Leg orchid [Small] |
| Eria luchuensis | Cylinder orchid [Large] |
| Eria luchuensis | Leg orchid [Large] |
| Eria phillipinensis | Woolly orchid |
| Eria reptana | Woolly orchid [Peanut] |
| Eria spicata | Lily of the Valley orchid |
| Eria vestita | Furred Eria |
| Eriochilus cuculata | Parson's bands (Australia) |
| Eriochilus dilitatus | White Bunnies (Australia) |
| Eriochilus scabra | Pink Bunny (Australia) |
| Erythrodes (some) | Jewel orchid |
| Euanthe (Vanda) sanderiana | Waling-Waling orchid |
| Eulophia alta | Wild coco |
| Eulophia an lensis | Swamp orchid [Yellow] |
| Eulophia porphyroglossa | Swamp orchid [Purple] |
| Eulophia squalida | Grass orchid |
| Eurycentrum | Jewel orchid |
| Latin Names Beginning with H (Back to Top) |
Common Name (Back to Top) |
| Habenaria (Platanthera hyperborea) hyperbora | Bog-orchid [Green Flowered] |
| Habenaria (Platanthera) ciliaris | Fringed orchid [Yellow / Orange] |
| Habenaria (Platanthera) clavellata | Rein orchid [Green] |
| Habenaria (Platanthera) hyperbora | Tall northern green orchid |
| Habenaria (Platanthera) lacera | Fringed orchid [Ragged] |
| Habenaria (Platanthera) orbiculata | Round-leaved orchid [Large] |
| Habenaria (Platanthera) orbiculata | Heal-all |
| Habenaria (Platanthera) orbiculata | Moon set |
| Habenaria (Platanthera) psycodes | Fringed orchid [Purple] |
| Habenaria chorisianum (Pseudodiphryllum chorisiana) (Limnorchis chorisiana) | Chamisso's orchid |
| Habenaria dilitata (Orchis d.) | Fragrant orchid [White] |
| Habenaria dilitata (Orchis d.) | Bog-orchid [Tall White] |
| Habenaria dilitata (Orchis d.) | Leafy white orchid |
| Habenaria dilitata (Orchis d.) | Bog-orchid [Boreal] |
| Habenaria dilitata var. leochostachys | Bog-orchid [White-flowered] |
| Habenaria obtusata | Bog-orchid [Northern Small] |
| Habenaria obtusata | Rein orchid [One-leaved] |
| Habenaria obtusata | Blunt-leaf orchid |
| Habenaria radiata | Peacock orchid |
| Habenaria radiata | Egret orchid |
| Habenaria saccata | Bog-orchid [Slender] |
| Habenaria unalascensis | Rein orchid [Western] |
| Habenaria unalascensis | Alaska piperia |
| Habenaria unalascensis | Alaska orchid |
| Habenaria unalascensis | Slender-spire orchid |
| Habenaria unalascensis | Piperia [Alaska] |
| Habenaria unalascensis var. elata | Piperia [Elegant] |
| Habenaria unalascensis var. elata | Piperia [Many-flowered] |
| Habenaria unalascensis var. elata | Rein orchid [Wood] |
| Habenaria unalascensis var. elata | Piperia [Long-spiked] |
| Habenaria viridis var. bracteata | Frog orchid |
| Habenaria viridis var. bracteata | Bracted orchid (Long bracted orchid) |
| Habenaria viridis var. bracteata | Frog orchid [American] |
| Haemaria | Jewel orchid |
| Hammerbya paludosa | Bog-orchid |
| Haraella retrocalla (odorata) | Taiwan fragrant orchid |
| Haraella retrocalla (odorata) | Fragrant orchid (Shiang lan) (Taiwan) |
| Harrisella porrecta | Dingle bell orchid |
| Harrisella porrecta | Ghost orchid |
| Hemipilia cordifolia | Mt. Morrison orchid |
| Herminium monorchis | Musk orchid |
| Herpysma | Jewel orchid |
| Herschelia gramifolia | Blue orchid |
| Hetaeria | Jewel orchid |
| Himantoglossum hircinum | Lizard orchid |
| Holcoglossum quasipinifolium | Pine-needle orchid |
| Holothrix species | Spider orchid (Africa) |
| Hylophila | Jewel orchid |
