This page lists all orchid species according to their respective distribution range.

Africa only

• Agrostophyllum occidentale (Seychelles, N. Madagascar)
• Agrostophyllum seychellarum (Seychelles)
• Ancistrochilus rothschildianus
  Ancistrochilus rothschildianus
  Ancistrochilus rothschildianus is a small species of semi-terrestrial, orchid endemic to the African tropics. A. rothschildianus is cultivated for its "pretty pink flowers." This species and Ancistrochilus thomsonianus are the only recognized species in genus Ancistrochilus.- Description...
  
  (W. Trop. Africa to Uganda)
• Ancistrochilus thomsonianus (S. Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa)

China only, including Taiwan and Hainan

Cypripedium bardolphianum Cypripedium bardolphianum var. bardolphianum Cypripedium bardolphianum var. zhongdianense Cypripedium calcicolum Cypripedium cheniae Cypripedium fargesii Cypripedium farreri Cypripedium fasciolatum Cypripedium forrestii

Cypripedium franchetii Cypripedium franchetii The Franchet's Cypripedium is a species of orchid.... (C & SC China) Cypripedium froschii Cypripedium henryi Cypripedium henryi The Henry's Cypripedium is a species of orchid.... (C China) Cypripedium lentiginosum Cypripedium ludlowii Cypripedium margaritaceum Cypripedium micranthum Cypripedium palangshanense Cypripedium rubronerve

Cypripedium sichuanense Cypripedium taibaiense Cypripedium × wenqingiae Cypripedium wumengense Pleione formosana Pleione formosana Pleione formosana, commonly called the Taiwan Pleione, is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It occurs in southeastern China as well as northern and central Taiwan.-Source:... (SE. China, N. & C. Taiwan) Pleione limprichtii Pleione limprichtii Pleione limprichtii, commonly called the Hardy Chinese Orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to China .... (China - C. Sichuan) Pleione microphylla (China - Guangdong). Pleione pleionoides Pleione pleionoides Pleione pleionoides is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is endemic to central China.-Source:* China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007.... (C. China)

Northeast China only

• Cypripedium agnicapitatum (Manchuria)
• Cypripedium morinanthum (Manchuria)
• Cypripedium neoparviflorum (Manchuria)
• Cypripedium roseum (Manchuria)
• Cypripedium sinapoides (Manchuria)

Tibet, Southwest, South-Central China only

Cypripedium daweishanense (Yunnan, China South-Central) Cypripedium flavum Cypripedium flavum The Yellow Cypripedium is a species of orchid.... (SE Tibet, SC China) Cypripedium malipoense (Yunnan, China South-Central) Cypripedium subtropicum (SE. Tibet) Cypripedium wardii (SE. Tibet) Cypripedium yunnanense (SE Tibet) Paphiopedilum barbigerum Paphiopedilum barbigerum Paphiopedilum barbigerum is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is endemic to Guangxi, southeastern Yunnan and southwestern Guizhou in China.-Source:* China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007.... (Southeast Yunnan, Southwest Guizhou, Guangxi) Paphiopedilum dianthum Paphiopedilum dianthum Paphiopedilum dianthum is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is endemic to southeastern Yunnan, southwestern Guizhou and western Guangxi in China.- Source :* China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007.... (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guizhou, W. Guangxi)

Paphiopedilum emersonii Paphiopedilum emersonii Paphiopedilum emersonii, described in 1982, is a species of orchid named after American orchid enthusiast Emerson 'Doc' Charles. The plant blooms from late spring to early summer with one to two flowers per an infloresensce. The plant size is small when compared to other Paphiopedilums... (SE. Yunnan, S. Guizhou, Guangxi) Paphiopedilum emersonii f. luteum (SE. Yunnan) Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. chiwuanum (Yunnan) Paphiopedilum malipoense var. angustatum (Yunnan) Paphiopedilum malipoense f. concolor (Yunnan) Paphiopedilum purpuratum Paphiopedilum purpuratum Paphiopedilum purpuratum is a species of orchid found from southern China to Hainan Island.... (S.China to Hainan) Paphiopedilum purpuratum var. hainanense (Hainan) Paphiopedilum purpuratum var. purpuratum (Yunnan, Hong Kong, Guangdong)

Paphiopedilum saccopetalum (SE. Guangxi) Paphiopedilum tigrinum Paphiopedilum tigrinum Paphiopedilum tigrinum is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is endemic to western Yunnan .A distinct form has been named in 2005, initially as a distinct species:... (W. Yunnan) Paphiopedilum wardii var. teestaensis (SW. YunNan) Pleione aurita (China - W. Yunnan) Pleione braemii (China - Yunnan) Pleione bulbocodioides (C. China to SE. Tibet) Pleione chunii Pleione chunii Pleione chunii is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is endemic to southern China.-Source:* China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007.... (S. China)

Taiwan only

• Cypripedium formosanum
  Cypripedium formosanum
  The Formosa's Lady's Slipper or Beautiful Cypripedium is a species of orchid....
  
  (C Taiwan)
• Cypripedium segawai (EC Taiwan)

China through Korea, Japan

• Cypripedium debile (Japan, Taiwan, China)
• Cypripedium japonicum
  Cypripedium japonicum
  The Japan Cypripedium is a species of orchid....
  
  (China, Korea, Japan)
• Cypripedium shanxiense (China to N Japan)

China through Southeast Asia

• Cypripedium lichiangense (China (SW Sichuan, NW Yunnan), NE Myanmar)
• Cypripedium plectrochilum (N Myanmar to SC China)
• Paphiopedilum appletonianum
  Paphiopedilum appletonianum
  Paphiopedilum appletonianum is a species of orchid occurring from Hainan Island to Indochina.-Synonyms:Cypripedium appletonianum Gower is the basionym. Other synonyms include:*Cypripedium wolterianum Kraenzl....
  
  (Indochina to Hainan)
• Paphiopedilum armeniacum
  Paphiopedilum armeniacum
  Paphiopedilum armeniacum, described in 1982, is a species of orchid commonly called the Golden Slipper Orchid. The plant size is small compared to other paphiopedilum species...
  
  (western Yunnan to northern Myanmar)
• Paphiopedilum bellatulum
  Paphiopedilum bellatulum
  Paphiopedilum bellatulum, commonly known as the Egg-in-a-nest Orchid, is a species of orchid found from southeastern Yunnan, Guizhou and southern Guangxi of China to Indochina....
  
  (Southeast Yunnan, Guizhou, South Guangxi to Indochina)
• Paphiopedilum charlesworthii
  Paphiopedilum charlesworthii
  Paphiopedilum charlesworthii is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family.-Distribution and habitat:Restricted in distribution to the Shan States of northern Burma and adjacent bordering areas of Thailand and Yunnan, China. Grows in humus and vegetative debris on limestone...
  
  (N. Myanmar to China - Yunnan)
• Paphiopedilum concolor
  Paphiopedilum concolor
  Paphiopedilum concolor is a small terrestrial orchid described in 1984. It has dark green and grey-green mottled leaves, up to 6 inches long by 1½ inches wide...
  
  (China - YunNan, Guizhou, Guangxi to Indo-China)
• Paphiopedilum hangianum (China - YunNan to Viet Nam)
• Paphiopedilum henryanum
  Paphiopedilum henryanum
  Paphiopedilum henryanum is a species of orchid ranging from southeastern Yunnan and Guangxi to northern Vietnam....
  
  (China - SE. YunNan, Guangxi to N. Vietnam)
  • Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. esquirolei (China - YunNan, Guizhou, Guangxi to N. & E. Indo-China)
• Paphiopedilum malipoense
  Paphiopedilum malipoense
  Paphiopedilum malipoense, described in 1984, is a species of orchid commonly known as the Jade Slipper Orchid. This hemicryptophyte plant starts blooming in the spring time and has one flower per inflorescence. The plant grows in intermediate to cool conditions...
  
  (S. China to N. Viet Nam)
  • Paphiopedilum malipoense var. jackii (H.S.Hua) Aver. (SE Yunnan to N. Vietnam)
• Paphiopedilum malipoense var. malipoense (China - SE. YunNan, SW. Guizhou, SW. Guangxi to N. Viet Nam)
• Paphiopedilum micranthum
  Paphiopedilum micranthum
  Paphiopedilum micranthum, described in 1951, is commonly known as Silver Slipper Orchid or Hard-leaved Pocket Orchid. It blooms during late winter to early summer with one flower per inflorescence...
  
  (China - SE. YunNan, W. & N. Guangxi, W. Guizhou to N. Viet Nam)
• Paphiopedilum wardii
  Paphiopedilum wardii
  Paphiopedilum wardii is a species of orchid found from southwestern Yunnan to Myanmar....
  
  (China - SW. YunNan to Myanmar)
• Paphiopedilum villosum var. annamense (Yunnan, Guangxi to Indo-China)
• Pleione albiflora (China - W. Yunnan to N. Myanmar)
• Pleione forrestii
  Pleione forrestii
  Pleione forrestii is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It occurs from China to northern Myanmar.-Source:* China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
  
  (China - NW. Yunnan)- to N. Myanmar)
• Pleione grandiflora (China (- S. Yunnan to NW. Vietnam)
• Pleione yunnanensis (SC. China to N. Myanmar)

Himalaya endemic

• Agrostophyllum flavidum (Assam)
• Agrostophyllum myrianthum (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh)
• Paphiopedilum insigne
  Paphiopedilum insigne
  Paphiopedilum insigne is a species of orchid endemic to the Indian states of Assam and Meghalaya. It is the type species of the genus Paphiopedilum....
  
  (Assam - Meghalaya)
• Paphiopedilum venustum
  Paphiopedilum venustum
  Paphiopedilum venustum is a species of orchid ranging from eastern Nepal to northeastern Bangladesh....
  
  (E. Nepal to NE. Bangladesh)
• Pleione coronaria (C. Nepal)

Southern India, Sri Lanka endemic

• Adrorhizon purpurascens
  Adrorhizon purpurascens
  Adrorhizon purpurascens is a species of orchid . It is the only species in the genus Adrorhizon and of the subtribe Adrorhizinae.The genus is native to southern India and Sri Lanka....
  
  (South India and Sri Lanka)
• Paphiopedilum druryi
  Paphiopedilum druryi
  Paphiopedilum druryi is a species of orchid endemic to the Tranvancore Hills of southern India. It is the only southern Indian orchid species in the genus.-External links:* http://www.archive.org/stream/lillustrationhor24lema#page/12/mode/1up...
  
  (S. India)
• Agrostophyllum zeylanicum (Sri Lanka)

South Asia through Himalaya through China, including Hainan

• Agrostophyllum callosum (Nepal to Hainan)
• Cypripedium cordigerum (N Pakistan to Himalaya, S Tibet)
• Cypripedium elegans
  Cypripedium elegans
  Cypripedium elegans is a lady's-slipper species in the genus Cypripedium found in Nepal and China....
  
  (E Nepal to China)
• Cypripedium himalaicum (SE Tibet to Himalaya)
• Cypripedium tibeticum
  Cypripedium tibeticum
  Cypripedium tibeticum is a species of orchid....
  
  (Sikkim to C China)
• Paphiopedilum fairrieanum
  Paphiopedilum fairrieanum
  Paphiopedilum fairrieanum is a species of orchid occurring from the eastern Himalaya to Assam....
  
  (E. Himalaya to Assam)
• Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum
  Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum
  Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum is a species of orchid ranging from Assam to southern China....
  
  (Assam to S. China)
• Paphiopedilum parishii (Assam to China - W. YunNan)
• Paphiopedilum villosum
  Paphiopedilum villosum
  Paphiopedilum villosum is a species of orchid found from Assam to southern China....
  
  (Assam to S. China)
• Pleione maculata (C. Himalaya to China - W. Yunnan)
• Pleione praecox
  Pleione praecox
  Pleione praecox is a species of orchid found from the west-central Himalaya to China . It is the type species of the genus Pleione....
  
  (WC. Himalaya to China - S. Yunnan)
• Pleione saxicola (E. Bhutan to China - NW. Yunnan)
• Pleione scopulorum (India - NE. Arunachal Pradesh to China - NW. Yunnan)

South Asia through Himalaya to Southeast Asia, possibly Pacific Islands

• Acanthephippium bicolor
  Acanthephippium bicolor
  Acanthephippium bicolor is a species of orchid....
  
  (S. India, Sri Lanka, New Guinea)
• Acanthephippium striatum (E. Himalaya to Java)
• Acanthephippium sylhetense (Sikkim to Philippines)
• Agrostophyllum brevipes (E. Himalaya to Indo-China)
• Agrostophyllum planicaule (Himalaya to Indo-China)
• Arundina graminifolia
  Arundina graminifolia
  The bamboo orchid is a species of orchid and the sole of the genus Arundina. This tropical Asiatic genus extends from India, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, South China to Indonesia and across the Pacific Islands...
  
  (India, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, South China to Indonesia and across the Pacific Islands)
• Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. hirsutissimum (Assam to Myanmar)
• Paphiopedilum spicerianum
  Paphiopedilum spicerianum
  Paphiopedilum spicerianum, described in 1888, is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is said to be endemic to Assam but might actually be rather widespread, though nowhere common, between Bhutan and northwestern Myanmar.-References:...
  
  (Bhutan to NW. Myanmar)
• Paphiopedilum villosum var. villosum (Assam to Thailand)
• Pleione hookeriana (Nepal to China - SE. Yunnan to N. Guangdong- to Indo-China)
• Pleione humilis (C. Himalaya to Myanmar)

Southeast Asia only

• Acanthephippium gougahensis (Thailand, Vietnam)
• Acanthephippium parviflorum (Vietnam, S. Sumatra to Java)
• Agrostophyllum longifolium (Pen. Thailand to Malaysia)
• Dendrochilum pallidiflavens (Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Islands)
  • Dendrochilum pallidiflavens var. pallidiflavens (Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Islands)
• Paphiopedilum barbatum (Pen. Thailand to Sumatra)
• Paphiopedilum callosum
  Paphiopedilum callosum
  Paphiopedilum callosum is a species of orchid found from Indochina to northwestern Peninsular Malaysia....
  
  (Indo-China to NW. Pen. Malaysia)
  • Paphiopedilum callosum var. callosum (Indo-China)
  • Paphiopedilum callosum var. warnerianum (Pen. Thailand to NW. Pen. Malaysia)
• Paphiopedilum dixlerianum (Myanmar)
• Paphiopedilum gratrixianum
  Paphiopedilum gratrixianum
  Paphiopedilum gratrixianum is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family found from Laos to Vietnam.-References:*Braem, G. & Chiron, G. Paphiopedilum, Tropicalia, France, 2003....
  
  (Laos to Viet Nam)
• Paphiopedilum niveum
  Paphiopedilum niveum
  Paphiopedilum niveum is a species of orchid occurring from peninsular Thailand to peninsular Malaysia....
  
  (Pen. Thailand to N. Pen. Malaysia)
• Paphiopedilum philippinense
  Paphiopedilum philippinense
  Paphiopedilum philippinense is a species of orchid occurring from the Philippines to northern Borneo....
  
  (Philippines to N. Borneo)
  • Paphiopedilum philippinense var. philippinense (Philippines to N. Borneo)
• Paphiopedilum rhizomatosum (Myanmar)
  • Paphiopedilum villosum var. boxallii (Myanmar)

Continental Malaysia only

• Agrostophyllum cyathiforme (W. Malaysia)
• Agrostophyllum glumaceum (W. Malaysia)
• Agrostophyllum javanicum (W. Malesia)
• Agrostophyllum laxum (W. Malaysia)
• Agrostophyllum stipulatum subsp. bicuspidatum (W. Malaysia)
• Agrostophyllum tenue (W. Malaysia)
• Dendrochilum carnosum (Malaysia)
• Dendrochilum coccineum (Malaysia)
• Dendrochilum gracile (Malaysia)
  • Dendrochilum gracile var. gracile (Malaysia)
• Dendrochilum gramineum (Malaysia)
• Paphiopedilum bullenianum
  Paphiopedilum bullenianum
  Paphiopedilum bellatulum is a species of orchid native to Malesia....
  
  (Malaysia)
• Paphiopedilum bullenianum var. bullenianum (W. Malaysia)
• Paphiopedilum lowii
  Paphiopedilum lowii
  Paphiopedilum lowii is a species of orchid endemic to western and central Malesia.-External links:...
  
  (W. & C. Malesia)
• Paphiopedilum lowii var. lowii (W. & C. Malaysia)

Indonesia only, including whole of Borneo

• Dendrochilum galeatum H.A.Pedersen 1995 publ. 1996 (Lesser Sunda Islands)
• Paphiopedilum javanicum (Sumatra to Lesser Sunda Is.)
• Paphiopedilum javanicum]] var. javanicum (Sumatra to Lesser Sunda Is.)
• Paphiopedilum liemianum
  Paphiopedilum liemianum
  Paphiopedilum liemianum is a species of orchid endemic to northern Sumatra ....
  
  (N. Sumatra)
• Paphiopedilum mastersianum
  Paphiopedilum mastersianum
  Paphiopedilum mastersianum is a species of orchid occurring from the Lesser Sunda Islands to Maluku....
  
  (Lesser Sunda Is. to Maluku)
• Paphiopedilum mastersianum var. mastersianum (Maluku - Ambon, Buru)
• Paphiopedilum mastersianum var. mohrianum (Lesser Sunda Is. (Flores)

Borneo only

Acanthephippium curtisii (Sarawak) Acanthephippium eburneum (Sarawak) Acanthephippium lilacinum (N. Borneo) Agrostophyllum arundinaceum (Borneo) Agrostophyllum globigerum (N. Borneo) Agrostophyllum indifferens ((Kalimantan) Agrostophyllum laterale (Borneo) Agrostophyllum saccatum (Borneo) Dendrochilum acuiferum (Borneo) Dendrochilum alatum (Borneo) Dendrochilum alpinum (Borneo) Dendrochilum angustilobum (Borneo) Dendrochilum angustipetalum (Borneo) Dendrochilum anomalum (Borneo) Dendrochilum auriculilobum (Borneo) Dendrochilum corrugatum (Borneo) Dendrochilum crassifolium (Borneo) Dendrochilum crassilabium (Borneo) Dendrochilum cruciforme (Borneo) Dendrochilum cruciforme var. cruciforme (Borneo) Dendrochilum cruciforme var. longicuspum (Borneo) Dendrochilum cupulatum (Borneo) Dendrochilum devogelii (Borneo) Dendrochilum dolichobrachium (Borneo) Dendrochilum dulitense (Borneo) Dendrochilum exasperatum (Borneo) Dendrochilum geesinkii (Borneo) Dendrochilum gibbsiae (Borneo) Dendrochilum globigerum (Borneo) Dendrochilum gracile var. bicornutum (Borneo) Dendrochilum gracilipes (Borneo) Dendrochilum graminoides (Borneo) Dendrochilum grandiflorum (Borneo) Dendrochilum gravenhorstii (Borneo) Dendrochilum hamatum (Borneo) Dendrochilum haslamii (Borneo) Dendrochilum haslamii var. haslamii (Borneo) Dendrochilum haslamii var. quadrilobum (Borneo) Dendrochilum hastilobum (Borneo)

Dendrochilum havilandii (Borneo) Dendrochilum hologyne (Borneo) Dendrochilum hosei (Borneo) Dendrochilum imbricatum (Borneo) Dendrochilum imitator (Borneo) Dendrochilum flos-susannae (Borneo) Dendrochilum integrilabium (Borneo) Dendrochilum jiewhoei (Borneo) Dendrochilum joclemensii (Borneo) Dendrochilum johannis-winkleri (Borneo) Dendrochilum kamborangense (Borneo) Dendrochilum kelabitense (Borneo) Dendrochilum kingii var. tenuichilum (Borneo) Dendrochilum lacinilobum (Borneo) Dendrochilum lacteum (Borneo) Dendrochilum lancilabium (Borneo) Dendrochilum lewisii (Borneo) Dendrochilum longipes (Borneo) Dendrochilum longirachis (Borneo) Dendrochilum lumakuense (Borneo) Dendrochilum magaense (Borneo) Dendrochilum microscopicum (Borneo) Dendrochilum minimiflorum (Borneo) Dendrochilum mucronatum (Borneo) Dendrochilum muluense (Borneo) Dendrochilum murudense (Borneo) Dendrochilum ochrolabium (Borneo) Dendrochilum oxylobum (Borneo) Dendrochilum pachyphyllum (Borneo) Dendrochilum pallidiflavens var. brevilabratum (Borneo) Dendrochilum pallidiflavens var. oblongum (Borneo) Dendrochilum pandurichilum (Borneo) Dendrochilum papillitepalum (Borneo) Dendrochilum planiscapum (Borneo) Dendrochilum pseudoscriptum (Borneo)

Dendrochilum pterogyne (Borneo) Dendrochilum pubescens (Borneo) Dendrochilum rufum (Borneo) Dendrochilum saccatum (Borneo) Dendrochilum scriptum (Borneo) Dendrochilum simplex (Borneo) Dendrochilum stachyodes (Borneo) Dendrochilum subintegrum (Borneo) Dendrochilum sublobatum (Borneo) Dendrochilum subulibrachium (Borneo) Dendrochilum suratii (Borneo) Dendrochilum tenompokense (Borneo) Dendrochilum tenompokense var. papillilabium (Borneo) Dendrochilum tenompokense var. tenompokense (Borneo) Dendrochilum tenuitepalum (Borneo) Dendrochilum transversum (Borneo) Dendrochilum trilobum (Borneo) Dendrochilum trusmadiense (Borneo) Dendrochilum vestitum (Borneo) Paphiopedilum dayanum Paphiopedilum dayanum Paphiopedilum dayanum is a species of orchid endemic to Mount Kinabalu on Borneo.... Paphiopedilum hookerae var. volonteanum (Sabah) Paphiopedilum hookerae Paphiopedilum hookerae Paphiopedilum hookerae is a species of orchid endemic to Borneo.... Paphiopedilum hookerae Paphiopedilum hookerae Paphiopedilum hookerae is a species of orchid endemic to Borneo.... Paphiopedilum hookerae var. hookerae (Sarawak, West Kalimantan) Paphiopedilum hookerae var. volonteanum (Sabah) Paphiopedilum javanicum]] var. virens (Sabah to N. Sarawak) Paphiopedilum kolopakingii Paphiopedilum kolopakingii Paphiopedilum kolopakingii is a species of orchid endemic to Borneo . Named after A. Kolopaking.-References:... (C. Kalimantan) Paphiopedilum lawrenceanum (Sarawak, Sabah) Paphiopedilum lowii var. lynniae Paphiopedilum ooii Paphiopedilum ooii Paphiopedilum ooii is named after Michael Ooi a slipper orchid enthusiast from Malaysia. The plant blooms in the spring to early summer with a spike that can reach up to 2 meters and produce up to 17 flowers.-Distribution:... Paphiopedilum rothschildianum Paphiopedilum rothschildianum Paphiopedilum rothschildianum, described in 1888, is a species of orchid commonly known as the King of the Paphs. It is a large sized clear-leafed plant. It blooms with a tall inflorescence with up to six, large flowers. It is unique in the Corypetalum group by holding its petals almost... (Mt. Kinabalu) Paphiopedilum sanderianum Paphiopedilum sanderianum Paphiopedilum sanderianum is a species of orchid endemic to northwestern Borneo .... (Gunung Mulu) Paphiopedilum stonei Paphiopedilum stonei Paphiopedilum stonei is a species of orchid, endemic to Borneo .... (Borneo - Sarawak). Paphiopedilum stonei var. platyphyllum (Sarawak) Paphiopedilum stonei var. stonei (S. Sarawak) Paphiopedilum sugiyamanum (Sabah) Paphiopedilum supardii (SE. Kalimantan)

Java endemic

• Agrostophyllum latilobum ( W. & C. Java)
• Dendrochilum abbreviatum (Java)
• Dendrochilum abbreviatum var. abbreviatum (Java)
• Dendrochilum abbreviatum var. remiforme (Java)
• Dendrochilum brachyotum (Java)
  • Dendrochilum edentulum var. edentulum (Java)
• Dendrochilum oxyglossum (Java)
• Dendrochilum spathaceum (Java)
• Dendrochilum zollingeri (Java)
• Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum
  Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum
  Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum, common name The Shiney Green Leaf Paphiopedilum or Tropical Ladys-Slipper, is a species of flowering plants in the genus Paphiopedilum belonging to the Orchidaceae family.-Description:...
  
  (E. Java)
• Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum var. glaucophyllum (E. Java)
• Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum var. moquetteanum (SW. Java)

Sulawesi endemics, Malukus endemics, and species endemic to both

• Agrostophyllum amboinense (Maluku - Ambon)
• Agrostophyllum atrovirens (Maluku - Ambon)
• Agrostophyllum simile (Sulawesi)
• Agrostophyllum vanhulstijnii (Maluku)
• Dendrochilum ambangense (Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum celebesense (Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum citrinum (Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum edentulum var. patentibracteatum (Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum erectilabium (Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum eymae (Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum heptaphyllum (Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum latibrachiatum (Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum longipedicellatum (Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum macropterum (Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum monodii (Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum muriculatum (Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum simplicissimum (Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum tenuissimum (Sulawesi)
• Paphiopedilum bullenianum var. celebesense (Sulawesi to Maluku)
• Paphiopedilum gigantifolium (SC. Sulawesi)
• Paphiopedilum intaniae (Sulawesi)
• Paphiopedilum lowii var. richardianum (Sulawesi)
• Paphiopedilum sangii
  Paphiopedilum sangii
  Paphiopedilum sangii is a species of orchid endemic to northern Sulawesi....
  
  (N. Sulawesi)
• Paphiopedilum schoseri (Sulawesi to Maluku)

Sumatra only

Agrostophyllum djararatense (Sumatra) Agrostophyllum globiceps (W. Sumatra) Agrostophyllum lampongense (Sumatra) Acanthephippium chrysoglossum (W. Sumatra) Dendrochilum acuminatum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum acuminatum var. acuminatum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum acuminatum var. laxum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum adpressibulbum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum alboviride (Sumatra) Dendrochilum appendiculatum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum atjehense (Sumatra) Dendrochilum bandaharaense (Sumatra) Dendrochilum barbifrons (Sumatra) Dendrochilum basale (Sumatra) Dendrochilum beccarii (Sumatra) Dendrochilum brevilabre (Sumatra) Dendrochilum carinatum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum carnosulilabrum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum complectens (Sumatra) Dendrochilum decipiens (Sumatra) Dendrochilum dempoense (Sumatra) Dendrochilum dentiferum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum devoogdii (Sumatra) Dendrochilum dewildeorum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum duplicibrachium (Sumatra) Dendrochilum elegans (Sumatra) Dendrochilum fimbrilobum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum fruticicola (Sumatra) Dendrochilum fuscescens (Sumatra)

Dendrochilum galbanum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum glossorhynchum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum incurvibrachium (Sumatra) Dendrochilum insectiferum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum kabense (Sumatra) Dendrochilum karoense (Sumatra) Dendrochilum korintjiense (Sumatra) Dendrochilum krauseanum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum lamellatum J.J.Sm. 1922 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum latilobum J.J.Sm. 1922 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum lepidum Ridl. 1923 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum leuserense J.J.Wood & J.B.Comber James Comber Jim "James" Boughtwood Comber was born in Scotland into a family famous for horticulture. After studying in Kew he worked at Sapang and later near Medan . After appointment by Ciba-Geigy he stayed at Jakarta and later Surabaya. He spent some of his leisure time photographing orchids...  1995 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum longibracteatum Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) 1907 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum longicaule J.J.Sm. 1922 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum megalanthum Schltr. 1912 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum merapiense Schltr. 1911 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum micholitzianum Kraenzl. 1893 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum micholitzianum var. longispicatum Schltr. 1911 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum micholitzianum var. micholitzianum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum microstylum Schltr. 1911 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum mirabile (Sumatra) Dendrochilum ophiopogonoides J.J.Sm. 1922 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum ophiopogonoides var. kerintjiense J.J.Sm. 1932 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum ophiopogonoides var. merapiense J.J.Sm. 1922 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum ophiopogonoides var. ophiopogonoides (Sumatra)

Dendrochilum ovatum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum panduratum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum papillosum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum pholidotoides (Sumatra) Dendrochilum polluciferum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum quinquangulare (Sumatra) Dendrochilum ramosissimum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum rhodobulbum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum rhombeum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum rigidifolium (Sumatra) Dendrochilum rigidulum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum stellum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum stenochilum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum sulfureum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum sumatranum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum taeniophyllum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum talamauense (Sumatra) Dendrochilum teleense (Sumatra) Dendrochilum truncatum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum tuberculatum (Sumatra) Paphiopedilum primulinum Paphiopedilum primulinum Paphiopedilum primulinum is a species of orchid endemic to Sumatra .... (S. Aceh) Dendrochilum ventricosum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum wichersii (Sumatra) Paphiopedilum primulinum var. primulinum (S. Aceh) Paphiopedilum primulinum var. purpurascens (S. Aceh) Paphiopedilum superbiens Paphiopedilum superbiens Paphiopedilum superbiens is a species of orchid endemic to northern and western Sumatra.... (N. & W. Sumatra) Paphiopedilum tonsum (N. & W. Sumatra) Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae is a species of orchid endemic to western Sumatra .... (W. Sumatra) Paphiopedilum victoria-regina Paphiopedilum victoria-regina Paphiopedilum victoria-regina is an orchid species endemic to the rainforests of western Sumatra.... (W. Sumatra)

Species native to more than one of the following: Western Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, the Philippines and Taiwan

• Acanthephippium javanicum
  Acanthephippium javanicum
  Acanthephippium javanicum is a species of orchid and the type species of its genus....
  
  (W. Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, New Guinea)
• Acanthephippium splendidum (Sulawesi to SW. Pacific, New Guinea)
• Agrostophyllum denbergeri (Sumatra to Java)
• Agrostophyllum inocephalum (S. Taiwan to Philippines)
• Agrostophyllum mearnsii (N. Borneo to Philippines)
• Agrostophyllum sumatranum (W. Sumatra, Borneo)
• Agrostophyllum trifidum (Sumatra, Borneo)
• Dendrochilum angustifolium (Malaysia, Sumatra)
• Dendrochilum aurantiacum (Sumatra, Java)
• Dendrochilum crassum (Malaysia, Borneo)
• Dendrochilum cornutum (Java, Sumatra)
• Dendrochilum dewindtianum (Sumatra, Borneo)
• Dendrochilum edentulum (Java, Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum exalatum (Sumatra, Java)
• Dendrochilum glumaceum
  Dendrochilum glumaceum
  Dendrochilum glumaceum, the Hay-scented Orchid , was described by John Lindley in 1878...
  
  (Philippines, Borneo)
• Dendrochilum kingii (Malaysia, Borneo to Philippines)
• Dendrochilum kingii var. kingii (Malaysia, Borneo to Philippines)
• Dendrochilum longifolium
  Dendrochilum longifolium
  Dendrochilum longifolium is a species of orchid, commonly known as the Long-leaved Dendrochilum....
  
  (Indonesia, Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea)
• Dendrochilum linearifolium (Malaysia, Sumatra)
• Dendrochilum odoratum (Malaysia, Sumatra)
• Dendrochilum simile (Sumatra, Java, Malaysia, Lesser Sunda Islands)
• Dendrochilum uncatum' (Philippines, Taiwan)
  • Dendrochilum uncatum var. uncatum(Philippines, Taiwan)
• Dendrochilum vaginatum J.J.Sm. 1904 (Sumatra, Java)

Philippines only

Acanthephippium mantinianum Agrostophyllum elmeri (Philippines) Agrostophyllum leytense (Philippines) Agrostophyllum longivaginatum (Philippines) Agrostophyllum luzonense (Philippines) Agrostophyllum malindangense (Philippines) Agrostophyllum merrillii (Philippines) Agrostophyllum mindanense (Philippines) Agrostophyllum philippinense (Philippines) Agrostophyllum saccatilabium (Philippines) Agrostophyllum wenzelii (Philippines) Dendrochilum abortum (Philippines) Dendrochilum affine (Philippines) Dendrochilum amesianum (Philippines) Dendrochilum anfractum Dendrochilum anfractum Dendrochilum anfractum is a species of orchid, commonly known as the Bent Dendrochilum, endemic to Philippines.... (Philippines) Dendrochilum anfractum var. anfractoides (Philippines) Dendrochilum anfractum var. anfractum (Philippines) Dendrochilum apiculatum (Philippines) Dendrochilum apoense (Philippines) Dendrochilum arachnites (Philippines) Dendrochilum asperum (Philippines) Dendrochilum auriculare (Philippines) Dendrochilum binuangense (Philippines) Dendrochilum cinnabarinum (Philippines) Dendrochilum graciliscapum (Philippines) Dendrochilum graminifolium (Philippines) Dendrochilum hastatum (Philippines) Dendrochilum irigense (Philippines) Dendrochilum javieriense Dendrochilum javieriense Dendrochilum javieriense is a species of orchid, commonly known as Javier's Dendrochilum.... (Philippines) Dendrochilum latifolium (Philippines) Dendrochilum latifolium var. latifolium (Philippines) Dendrochilum latifolium var. macranthum (Philippines) Dendrochilum longibulbum (Philippines) Dendrochilum longilabre (Philippines) Dendrochilum loheri (Philippines) Dendrochilum louisianum (Philippines) Dendrochilum luzonense (Philippines)

Dendrochilum macgregorii (Philippines) Dendrochilum magnum Dendrochilum magnum Dendrochilum magnum is a species of orchid, commonly known as the Large Dendrochilum, endemic to Philippines.... (Philippines) Dendrochilum maleolens (Philippines) Dendrochilum malindangense (Philippines) Dendrochilum marginatum (Philippines) Dendrochilum mearnsii (Philippines) Dendrochilum merrillii (Philippines) Dendrochilum microchilum (Philippines) Dendrochilum mindanaense (Philippines) Dendrochilum mindorense (Philippines) Dendrochilum niveum (Philippines) Dendrochilum ocellatum (Philippines) Dendrochilum oliganthum (Philippines) Dendrochilum oreophilum (Philippines) Dendrochilum pangasinanense (Philippines) Dendrochilum parvipapillatum (Philippines) Dendrochilum parvulum (Philippines) Dendrochilum parvulum var. parvulum (Philippines) Dendrochilum parvulum var. strictiforme (Philippines) Dendrochilum perplexum (Philippines) Dendrochilum perplexum var. montanum (Philippines) Dendrochilum perplexum var. perplexum (Philippines) Dendrochilum philippinense (Philippines) Dendrochilum philippinense var. philippinense (Philippines) Dendrochilum philippinense var. purpureum (Philippines) Dendrochilum plocoglottoides (Philippines) Dendrochilum prodigiosum (Philippines) Dendrochilum propinquum (Philippines) Dendrochilum pulcherrimum (Philippines) Dendrochilum pulogense (Philippines) Dendrochilum pumilum (Philippines) Dendrochilum pumilum var. pumilum (Philippines) Dendrochilum pumilum var. recurvum (Philippines) Dendrochilum quadrilobum (Philippines) Dendrochilum quisumbingianum (Philippines)

Dendrochilum reniforme (Philippines) Dendrochilum rhombophorum (Philippines) Dendrochilum rotundilabium (Philippines) Dendrochilum saccolabium (Philippines) Dendrochilum schweinfurthianum (Philippines) Dendrochilum simulacrum (Philippines) Dendrochilum smithianum (Philippines) Dendrochilum stenophyllum (Philippines) Dendrochilum tenellum (Philippines) Dendrochilum tenuibulbum (Philippines) Dendrochilum tenuifolium (Philippines) Dendrochilum tetradactyliferum (Philippines) Dendrochilum turpe (Philippines) Dendrochilum uncatum var. longispicatum (Philippines) Dendrochilum unicallosum (Philippines) Dendrochilum unicorne (Philippines) Dendrochilum warrenii (Philippines) Dendrochilum wenzelii (Philippines) Dendrochilum williamsii (Philippines) Dendrochilum woodianum (Philippines) Dendrochilum yuccifolium (Philippines) Dendrochilum vanoverberghii (Philippines) Paphiopedilum acmodontum Paphiopedilum acmodontum Paphiopedilum acmodontum is a species of plants in the Orchidaceae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.-References:... Paphiopedilum adductum Paphiopedilum adductum Paphiopedilum adductum is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is endemic to Mindanao Island of the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss and overcollection.... Paphiopedilum argus Paphiopedilum argus Paphiopedilum argus is a species of orchid endemic to Luzon Island of the Philippines. The name is a reference to the Greek god Argus, who had one hundred eyes, like the spots on the petals. The flower size goes up to 4" . It is commonly found on limestone in altitudes 600 to 2000 feet high.... (Luzon) Paphiopedilum ciliolare Paphiopedilum ciliolare Paphiopedilum ciliolare is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:... Paphiopedilum fowliei Paphiopedilum fowliei Paphiopedilum fowliei is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is endemic to Palawan in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:... (Palawan) Paphiopedilum haynaldianum Paphiopedilum haynaldianum Paphiopedilum haynaldianum is a species of orchid endemic to the islands of Negros and Luzon of the Philippines.... (Luzon, Negros) Paphiopedilum hennisianum Paphiopedilum hennisianum Paphiopedilum hennisianum is a species of orchid endemic to central Philippines.... (C. Philippines) Paphiopedilum philippinense var. roebelenii (Luzon) Paphiopedilum randsii (N. Mindanao) Paphiopedilum urbanianum Paphiopedilum urbanianum Paphiopedilum urbanianum is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is endemic to Mindoro in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests... (Mindoro) Paphiopedilum usitanum

Thailand only

• Dendrochilum viride (Thailand)
  • Paphiopedilum callosum var. potentianum
• Paphiopedilum exul
  Paphiopedilum exul
  Paphiopedilum exul is a species of orchid endemic to peninsular Thailand....
  
  (Pen. Thailand)
• Paphiopedilum godefroyae
  Paphiopedilum godefroyae
  Paphiopedilum godefroyae is a species of orchid endemic to peninsular Thailand....
  
  (Pen. Thailand)
• Paphiopedilum sukhakulii
  Paphiopedilum sukhakulii
  Paphiopedilum sukhakulii is a species of orchid endemic to northeastern Thailand....
  
  (NE. Thailand)
• Paphiopedilum thaianum
• Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum (Kanchanaburi)

Vietnam only

• Paphiopedilum delenatii
  Paphiopedilum delenatii
  Paphiopedilum delenatii, described in 1924, is named after Delanat, a French orchid enthusiast of the 1900s. It was first discovered in 1913 when it was brought to France by returning soldiers, and was believed to be extinct and was not rediscovered in the wild until 1993...
  
  (SE. Viet Nam)
• Paphiopedilum helenae
  Paphiopedilum helenae
  Paphiopedilum helenae is a species of orchid endemic to Cao Bang Province of Vietnam....
  
  (N. Vietnam - Cao Bang Prov)
• Paphiopedilum tranlienianum
  Paphiopedilum tranlienianum
  Paphiopedilum tranlienianum is a species of orchid endemic to Vietnam.-External links:*...
  
  (Viet Nam).
  • Paphiopedilum tranlienianum f. alboviride (Viet Nam)
• Paphiopedilum vietnamense
  Paphiopedilum vietnamense
  Paphiopedilum vietnamense is a species of orchid found from Hainan Island to Indochina....
  
  (Viet Nam)
• Pleione vietnamensis (SC. Vietnam)

Southeast Asia through New Guinea and Pacific Islands

• Agrostophyllum elongatum (Malaysia to W. Pacific)
• Agrostophyllum majus (Pen. Thailand to Vanuatu)
• Agrostophyllum stipulatum (Indo-China, Malaysia to Solomon Is.)
• Agrostophyllum parviflorum (Maluku to New Guinea)
• Agrostophyllum stipulatum subsp. stipulatum (Indo-China, Malaysia to Solomon Is.)

Europe through Asia

• Cypripedium calceolus
  Cypripedium calceolus
  Cypripedium calceolus is a lady's-slipper orchid, and the type species of the genus Cypripedium.It is a widespread plant worldwide, found from Europe east through Asia to the Pacific Ocean. It is found in open woodland on moist calcareous soils. It is found in continental Europe growing in the...
  
  (Europe to Japan)
• Cypripedium macranthum (E Belarus to temperate E Asia)

New Guinea and adjacent islands only

Agrostophyllum acutum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum appendiculoides (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum bilobolabellatum (Papua New Guinea) Agrostophyllum bimaculatum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum brachiatum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum brachiatum var. brachiatum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum brachiatum var. latibrachiatum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum compressum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum crassicaule (New Guinea, Bismarck Archipel) Agrostophyllum crassicaule var. bismarckiense (Bismarck Arch.) Agrostophyllum crassicaule var. crassicaule (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum cycloglossum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum cyclopense (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum dischorense (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum dolychophyllum (New Guinea)

Agrostophyllum earinoides (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum elatum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum fibrosum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum finisterrae (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum fragrans (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum grandiflorum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum kaniense (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum lamellatum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum macrocephalum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum montanum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum mucronatum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum neoguinense (Papua New Guinea) Agrostophyllum niveum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum papuanum (Papua New Guinea) Agrostophyllum patentissimum (New Guinea)

Agrostophyllum pelorioides (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum potamophila (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum rigidifolium (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum sepikanum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum spicatum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum stenophyllum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum uniflorum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum ventricosum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum verruciferum (New Guinea) Dendrochilum murrayi (New Guinea) Paphiopedilum glanduliferum Paphiopedilum glanduliferum Paphiopedilum glanduliferum is a species of orchid endemic to northwestern New Guinea.... (NW. New Guinea) Paphiopedilum papuanum (New Guinea) Paphiopedilum violascens (N. & E. New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. - Manus I.) Paphiopedilum wilhelminae (C. New Guinea)

New Guinea through Pacific Islands

• Agrostophyllum curvilabre (New Guinea to Solomon Is.)
• Agrostophyllum graminifolium (New Guinea to Vanuatu)
• Agrostophyllum leucocephalum (New Guinea to SW. Pacific)
• Agrostophyllum megalurum (New Guinea to W. Pacific)
• Agrostophyllum paniculatum ( New Guinea to Solomon Is.)
• Agrostophyllum superpositum (New Guinea to Solomon Is.)
• Agrostophyllum torricellense (New Guinea to S. Vanuatu)

Pacific Islands endemic

• Agrostophyllum aristatum (Fiji)
• Agrostophyllum kusaiense (Caroline Is.)
• Agrostophyllum palawense (Caroline Is. - Palau)
• Earina aestivalis
  Earina aestivalis
  Earina aestivalis is a species of orchid that is endemic to New Zealand.-External links:*...
  
  (New Zealand)
• Earina autumnalis
  Earina autumnalis
  Earina autumnalis is a species of orchid that is endemic to New Zealand. Its small white flowers produce a strong fragrance - a generally pleasant scent which is often compared to vanilla in nature...
  
  (New Zealand)
• Earina mucronata
  Earina mucronata
  Earina mucronata is one of 3 orchid species of 10 in the genus which are endemic to New Zealand. The specific epithet means "pointed" and refers to the shape of the tips of this orchid's very narrow leaves. The leaves are arranged alternately in one plane along a flattened, unbranched pseudobulb...
  
  (New Zealand)
• Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum (Solomon Islands)
  • Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum var. bougainvilleanum (North Solomons)
  • Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum var. saskianum (South Solomons)
• Paphiopedilum wentworthianum (Solomon Is.)

North America only

• Arethusa bulbosa (Eastern Canada, Eastern North America)
• Cypripedium acaule
  Cypripedium acaule
  Cypripedium acaule is a member of the orchid genus Cypripedium. Members of this genus are commonly referred to as lady's slipper orchids. First described in 1700, C. acaule is commonly referred to as the Pink Lady's Slipper, Stemless Lady's-slipper, or Moccasin Flower...
  
  (C. and E. Canada, NC & E U.S.A)
• Cypripedium × andrewsii (C. candidum × C. parviflorum var. pubescens) (E Canada, NC & NE U.S.A)
• Cypripedium arietinum
  Cypripedium arietinum
  The rare Ram's-Head Lady's-Slipper is an orchid that is native to the alvars around the Great Lakes in North America.The plant grows to 10-40 cm , and the flowers may reach 1-2 cm...
  
  (C & E Canada, NC & NE U.S.A)
• Cypripedium candidum
  Cypripedium candidum
  Cypripedium candidum, also known as Small White Lady's Slipper or White Lady's Slipper, is a rare orchid of the Cypripedium genus. It is found in wet prairies and fens, in rich, highly calcareous soils, sedge meadow edges, calcareous roadside and railway ditches. Cypripedium candidum grows to a...
  
  (SE Canada, NC & E U.S.A)
• Cypripedium × columbianum (W Canada, NW U.S.A)
• Cypripedium fasciculatum
  Cypripedium fasciculatum
  Cypripedium fasciculatum is a member of the orchid genus Cypripedium. Members of this genus are commonly referred to as Lady's Slipper orchids....
  
  (W U.S.A)
• Cypripedium kentuckiense
  Cypripedium kentuckiense
  Cypripedium kentuckiense or Kentucky Lady's Slipper is a member of the orchid genus Cypripedium. Members of this genus are commonly referred to as Lady's Slipper orchids....
  
  (C & E U.S.A)
• Cypripedium parviflorum
  Cypripedium parviflorum
  Cypripedium parviflorum, commonly known as Yellow Lady's Slipper or Mocassin Flower is a Lady's Slipper orchid found in North America.-External links:* * , Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador...
  
  (Canada, E U.S.A).
• Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum (Canada, E U.S.A.)
• Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (N. America)
• Cypripedium passerinum
  Cypripedium passerinum
  Cypripedium passerinum is a species of lady's slipper orchid known by the common names sparrow's-egg lady's-slipper, spotted lady's-slipper, and Franklin's lady's-slipper. It is native to northern North America, where it occurs in Alaska and much of western and central Canada, its distribution...
  
  (Alaska to Canada, Montana)
• Cypripedium reginae
  Cypripedium reginae
  The Showy Lady's-slipper , also known as the Pink-and-white Lady's-slipper or the Queen's Lady's-slipper, is a rare terrestrial temperate lady's-slipper orchid native to northern North America....
  
  (C & E Canada, NC & E. U.S.A)

Pacific Coast only

• Cypripedium × alaskanum (Alaska)
• Cypripedium californicum
  Cypripedium californicum
  The California Lady's Slipper is a member of the orchid genus Cypripedium, the Lady's Slipper orchids. It is native to the western United States, where it has a very restricted range and can only be found in the mountains of southwestern Oregon , and northern California...
  
  (Oregon, N. California)
• Cypripedium montanum
  Cypripedium montanum
  Cypripedium montanum is a member of the orchid genus Cypripedium. It is commonly known as the Large Lady's Slipper, Mountain Lady's Slipper, White Lady's Slipper as well as Moccasin Flower. This latter is also the common name of Cypripedium acaule.-Description:C...
  
  (Alaska to California)

Mexico endemics

• Alamania punicea
  Alamania
  Alamania punicea is a species of orchid and the only species of the genus Alamania....
  
  (Mexico)
• Artorima erubescens
  Artorima
  Artorima is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.- References :*Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. . Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press....
  
  (Mexico)
• Burnsbaloghia diaphana
  Burnsbaloghia
  Burnsbaloghia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.- References :*Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. . Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press....
  
  (Mexico)
• Cypripedium molle (Mexico)
• Dithyridanthus densiflorus
  Dithyridanthus
  Dithyridanthus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.- References :*Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. . Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press....
  
  (Mexico)
• Hintonella mexicana
  Hintonella
  Hintonella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.- References :*Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. . Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press....
  
  (Mexico)
• Mexicoa ghiesbreghtiana
  Mexicoa
  Mexicoa is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.- References :*Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. . Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press....
  
  (Mexico)
• Papperitzia leiboldii
  Papperitzia
  Papperitzia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.- References :*Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. . Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press....
  
  (Mexico)
• Pseudocranichis thysanochila
  Pseudocranichis
  Pseudocranichis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.- References :*Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. . Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press....
  
  (Mexico)

Mexico through Central and South America endemics

• Brassavola cucullata
  Brassavola cucullata
  Brassavola cucullata is a species of orchid. It is the type for the genus Brassavola, and the only member of B. sect. Brassavola. The diploid chromosome number of B. cucullata has been determined as 2n = 40....
  
  (Mexico to N. South America)
• Brassavola nodosa
  Brassavola nodosa
  Brassavola nodosa is a small, tough species of orchid native to Mexico, the West Indies, Venezuela and Peru. It is also known as "Lady of the Night" orchid due to its citrus and gardenia-like fragrance which begins in the early evening...
  
  (Mexico to Trop. America: Belize)
• Brassavola venosa
  Brassavola venosa
  Brassavola venosa is a species of orchid....
  
  (SE. Mexico to C. America)
• Cypripedium dickinsonianum
  Cypripedium dickinsonianum
  Cypripedium dickinsonianum is a species of orchid....
  
  (Mexico (S Chiapas) to Guatemala)
• Cypripedium irapeanum
  Cypripedium irapeanum
  The Irapeao's Cypripedium or Pelican Orchid is a species of orchid....
  
  (Mexico to Honduras)
• Mexipedium xerophyticum
  Mexipedium xerophyticum
  Mexipedium is a monotypic genus of the Orchid family Orchidaceae, subfamily Cypripedioideae, consisting of only one species, Mexipedium xerophyticum. It is also the single genus of tribe Mexipedieae and subtribe Mexipediinae...
  
  (Oaxaca, Mexico)
• Phragmipedium exstaminodium (Mexico - Chiapas to Guatemala)

Central America and Caribbean Islands

• Brassavola acaulis (C. America: Belize)
• Brassavola subulifolia
  Brassavola subulifolia
  Brassavola subulifolia is a species of orchid....
  
  (Jamaica)
• Brassavola gillettei (Trinidad)
• Brassavola harrisii (Jamaica)
• Cattleya dowiana
  Cattleya dowiana
  Cattleya dowiana or Gueria de turrialba is a species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. dowiana has been determined as 2n = 40; the haploid chromosome number has been determined as n = 20.-Footnotes and External Links:...
  
  (Costa Rica)
• Phragmipedium popowii (Costa Rica to Panama)

Central America and Caribbean Islands through South America

• Brassavola grandiflora (C. America to Colombia)
• Cattleya aurea
  Cattleya aurea
  Cattleya aurea is a species of labiate Cattleya orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. aurea has been determinded to be 2n = 40.-Footnotes and External Links:...
  
  (S. Panama to Colombia)
• Cattleya gaskelliana
  Cattleya gaskelliana
  Cattleya gaskelliana is a labiate Cattleya species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. gaskelliana has been determined as 2n = 40.-References:...
  
  (Colombia to Trinidad)
• Phragmipedium longifolium
  Phragmipedium longifolium
  Phragmipedium longifolium is a species of orchid ranging from Costa Rica to Ecuador. Phragmipedium longifolium is a herb found natively in the coastal and Andean regions of Ecuador, among other surrounding countries.-References:...
  
  (Costa Rica to Ecuador)

Pantropical South America endemics

includes all tropical regions in South America:

• Brassavola martiana
  Brassavola martiana
  Brassavola martiana is a species of orchid....
  
  (S. Trop. America)

Andes endemics

includes portions of countries along the Andean cordillera: Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia.

• Cattleya iricolor (Ecuador to Peru)

Northern South America endemics

spans several of these entities: Venezuela, Guyana, French Guyana, and northern parts of Brazil, Peru, and Argentina.

• Brassavola gardneri (French Guiana, Brazil)
• Brassavola retusa (Venezuela, N. Brazil to Peru)
• Brassavola tuberculata
  Brassavola tuberculata
  Brassavola tuberculata is a species of orchid. Its diploid chromosome number has been determined as 2n = 40; its haploid chromosome number has been determined as n = 20.-Footnotes:...
  
  (Brazil to Peru and NE. Argentina)
• Cattleya jenmanii (Venezuela to Guyana)
• Cattleya lawrenceana
  Cattleya lawrenceana
  Cattleya lawrenceana is a species of labiate Cattleya orchid....
  
  (Venezuela, Guyana, N. Brazil)
• Cattleya lueddemanniana
  Cattleya lueddemanniana
  Cattleya lueddemanniana is a labiate Cattleya species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. lueddemanniana has been determined as 2n = 40.-Footnotes and External Links:...
  
  (N. Venezuela)
• Phragmipedium klotzschianum
  Phragmipedium klotzschianum
  Phragmipedium klotzschianum is a species of orchid found from southeastern Venezuela to Guyana and northern Brazil....
  
  (SE. Venezuela to Guyana and N. Brazil)
• Phragmipedium lindenii
  Phragmipedium lindenii
  Phragmipedium lindenii is a species of orchid found from Venezuela to Ecuador....
  
  (Venezuela to Ecuador)
• Phragmipedium lindleyanum
  Phragmipedium lindleyanum
  Phragmipedium lindleyanum is a species of orchid ranging from northern South America to Brazil ....
  
  (N. South America to Brazil - Pernambuco)
• Phragmipedium tetzlaffianum
  Phragmipedium tetzlaffianum
  Phragmipedium tetzlaffianum is a species of orchid endemic to Venezuela....
  
  (Venezuela)
• Selenipedium steyermarkii (Brazil, Venezuela)

Southern South America endemics

spans several of these entities: southern Brazil, and the countries Paraguay and Uruguay.

• Cattleya intermedia
  Cattleya intermedia
  Cattleya intermedia is a bifoliate Cattleya species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. intermedia has been determined as 2n = 40.-Footnotes and External Links:...
  
  (SE. & S. Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
• Cattleya loddigesii
  Cattleya loddigesii
  Cattleya loddigesii is a species of orchid.A comparison between C. harrisoniana and C. loddigesii...
  
  (SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina)
• Cattleya loddigesii subsp. loddigesii (SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina)

Brazil endemics

• Brassavola duckeana (Brazil)
• Brassavola fasciculata (Brazil)
• Brassavola flagellaris
  Brassavola flagellaris
  Brassavola flagellaris Barb. Rodr. 1881 is a species of epiphytic orchid of the Cattleya alliance. It grows wild in eastern Brazil, where it fills the evening air with the citrus-like fragrance of its blossoms.-Etymology:...
  
  (Brazil)
• Brassavola fragans (Brazil)
• Brassavola reginae (Brazil)
• Brassavola revoluta (Brazil)
• Brassavola rhomboglossa (WC. & S. Brazil)
• Cattleya aclandiae
  Cattleya aclandiae
  Cattleya aclandiae is a species of orchid from the genus Cattleya, named in honor of Sir Thomas Ackland who was the first European to grow the plant successfully. The genus was named in honour of Sir William Cattley, a prominent British horticulturist.C. aclandiae is found growing on tree...
  
  (Brazil)
• Cattleya amethystoglossa
  Cattleya amethystoglossa
  Cattleya amethystoglossa is a bifoliate species of orchid from the genus Cattleya.C. amethystoglossa is native to Brazil in the states of Bahia and possibly Espirito Santo, where it is found near sea level in close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean...
  
  (Brazil)
• Cattleya bicolor
  Cattleya bicolor
  Cattleya bicolor is a species of orchid.Chromosome numbers of several C. bicolor individuals have been determined, finding diploid chromosome numbers of both 2n = 40 and 2n = 80 .-Footnotes:...
  
  (SE. Brazil)
  • Cattleya bicolor subsp. bicolor (Brazil)
  • Cattleya bicolor subsp. canastrensis (Brazil)
  • Cattleya bicolor subsp. minasgeraiensis (Brazil)
• Cattleya dormaniana
  Cattleya dormaniana
  Cattleya dormaniana is a bifoliate Cattleya species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. dormaniana has been determined as 2n = 40.-Footnotes:...
  
  (Brazil)
• Cattleya elongata (Brazil)
• Cattleya forbesii
  Cattleya forbesii
  The Forbes' Cattleya is a species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. forbesii has been determined as 2n = 54—60.-Footnotes and External Links:...
  
  (Brazil)
• Cattleya granulosa
  Cattleya granulosa
  Cattleya granulosa is a bifoliate Cattleya species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. granulosa has been determined as 2n = 40.-Footnotes and External Links:...
  
  (Brazil)
• Cattleya guttata
  Cattleya guttata
  Cattleya guttata is a bifoliate Cattleya species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. guttata has been determined as 2n = 40.-Footnotes and External Links:...
  
  (Brazil).
• Cattleya harrisoniana
  Cattleya harrisoniana
  Cattleya harrisoniana is a bifoliate Cattleya species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. harrisoniana has been determined as 2n = 40. The haploid chromosome number of C. harrisoniana has been determined as n = 20.-Footnotes and external links:A...
  
  (SE. Brazil).
• Cattleya kerrii
  Cattleya kerrii
  Cattleya kerrii is a species of orchid....
  
  (Brazil).
• Cattleya labiata
  Cattleya labiata
  Cattleya labiata Lindl., also known as the Crimson Cattleya or Ruby-lipped Cattleya, is the type species of Cattleya, discovered in 1818 in Brazil. The genus was named in honor of Sir William Cattley, a prominent British horticulturist....
  
  (Brazil)
  • Cattleya loddigesii subsp. purpurea (Brazil)
• Cattleya porphyroglossa (Brazil).
• Cattleya schilleriana
  Cattleya schilleriana
  Cattleya schilleriana is a species of bifoliate Cattleya orchid....
  
  (Brazil).
• Cattleya schofieldiana
  Cattleya schofieldiana
  Cattleya schofieldiana is a species of bifoliate Cattleya orchid....
  
  (Brazil)
• Cattleya tenuis
  Cattleya tenuis
  Cattleya tenuis is a species of orchid. It shares the rarely used common name of Easter orchid with C. mossiae and C. schroederae....
  
  (NE. Brazil).
• Cattleya tigrina
  Cattleya tigrina
  Cattleya tigrina is a bifoliate species of Cattleya orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. tigrina has been determined as 2n = 40.-Footnotes and External Links:...
  
  (SE. & S. Brazil)
• Cattleya velutina (Brazil)
• Cattleya walkeriana
  Cattleya walkeriana
  Cattleya walkeriana is a species of orchid. It differs from most species of Cattleya by having inflorescences which arise from the rhizome instead of from the apex of the pseudobulb...
  
  (WC. & SE. Brazil)
• Cattleya wallisii (N. Brazil)
• Cattleya warneri
  Cattleya warneri
  Cattleya warneri is a labiate Cattleya species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. warneri has been determined as 2n = 40.-Footnotes and External Links:...
  
  (E. Brazil)
• Phragmipedium brasiliense
• Phragmipedium chapadense
  Phragmipedium chapadense
  Phragmipedium chapadense is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil ....
  
  
• Phragmipedium vittatum
  Phragmipedium vittatum
  Phragmipedium vittatum is a species of orchid endemic to west-central and southeastern Brazil....
  
  (WC. & SE. Brazil)
• Selenipedium isabelianum
• Selenipedium palmifolium
• Selenipedium vanillocarpum

Colombia endemics

• Brassavola filifolia (Colombia)
• Cattleya candida (Colombia)
• Cattleya mendelii (NE. Colombia)
• Cattleya schroderae (NE. Colombia)
• Cattleya trianae
  Cattleya trianae
  Cattleya trianae , also known as Flor de Mayo or "Christmas Orchid" , is a plant belonging to the Orchidaceae family. It grows as an epiphytic orchid, with succulent leaves, endemic to Colombia where it was nominated as the National Flower in November 1936...
  
  (Colombia)
• Cattleya warscewiczii
  Cattleya warscewiczii
  Cattleya warscewiczii , a labiate Cattleya, is a species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. warscewiczii has been determined as 2n = 40; the haploid chromosome number as n = 20.-Footnotes and External Links:...
  
  (Colombia)
• Phragmipedium schlimii
  Phragmipedium schlimii
  Phragmipedium schlimii is a species of orchid endemic to Colombia....
  
  

Ecuador only

• Phragmipedium andreettae
• Phragmipedium besseae var. dalessandroi (S. Ecuador)
• Phragmipedium fischeri
  Phragmipedium fischeri
  Phragmipedium fischeri is a species of orchid endemic to Ecuador ....
  
  
• Phragmipedium hirtzii
  Phragmipedium hirtzii
  Phragmipedium hirtzii is a species of orchid endemic to northern Ecuador....
  
  (N. Ecuador)
• Phragmipedium × roethianum
• Selenipedium aequinoctiale

Ecuador through Peru

• Phragmipedium besseae
  Phragmipedium besseae
  Phragmipedium besseae is a newly discovered species of Phragmipedium genus. It is a terrestrial orchid native to the wet montane forests on the eastern slope of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
  
  (Ecuador to N. Peru)
  • Phragmipedium besseae var. besseae (E. Ecuador to N. Peru)
• Phragmipedium boissierianum
  Phragmipedium boissierianum
  Phragmipedium boissierianum is a species of orchid occurring from southern Ecuador to Peru....
  
  (S. Ecuador to Peru)
  • Phragmipedium boissierianum var. czerwiakowianum (S. Ecuador to Peru)
• Phragmipedium pearcei
  Phragmipedium pearcei
  Phragmipedium pearcei is a species of orchid ranging from Ecuador to northern Peru....
  
  (Ecuador to N. Peru)
• Phragmipedium reticulatum
  Phragmipedium reticulatum
  Phragmipedium reticulatum is a species of orchid ranging from southern Ecuador to Peru....
  
  

Peru endemics

• Cattleya mooreana (Peru)
• Phragmipedium boissierianum var. boissierianum
• Phragmipedium kovachii
  Phragmipedium kovachii
  Phragmipedium kovachii is an orchid species discovered in 2001 in the Amazon jungle of NE Peru, which is considered to be the most important orchid species to be found in the Neotropics in the last 100 years. Phragmipedium kovachii is a terrestrial orchid, growing in tufts...
  
  (Peru – San Martin)
• Phragmipedium richteri
  Phragmipedium richteri
  Phragmipedium richteri is a species of orchid endemic to Peru....
  
  

Other South America endemics

spans several South American countries and does not fit in any of the above:

• Cattleya luteola
  Cattleya luteola
  Cattleya luteola is a species of bifoliate Cattleya orchid, named for the light yellow color of the perianth segments....
  
  (N. Brazil, Ecuador to Bolivia)
• Cattleya maxima
  Cattleya maxima
  Cattleya maxima is a species of orchid with a superficial resemblance to the labiate species of Cattleya, but with a closer genetic relationship to the Crispid Laelias .Sometimes referred to as the "peekaboo orchid" or Christmas flower...
  
  (Venezuela to Peru)

Siberia only, or through Korea, Japan, and Alaska, or circumpolar

• Calypso bulbosa (circumpolar)
• Cypripedium × catherinae (Russian Far East)
• Cypripedium guttatum
  Cypripedium guttatum
  The Spotted Lady's Slipper is a species of orchid....
  
  (European Russia to Korea, Alaska to Yukon)
• Cypripedium × ventricosum (Russia to Korea)
• Cypripedium yatabeanum (Russian Far East to N & NC Japan, Aleutian Islands to SW Alaska)