Distribution of orchid species

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

Africa only

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

Northeast China only

Tibet, Southwest, South-Central China only

  • Cypripedium daweishanense (Yunnan, China South-Central)
  • Cypripedium flavum (SE Tibet, SC China)
  • Cypripedium malipoense (Yunnan, China South-Central)
  • Cypripedium subtropicum (SE. Tibet)
  • Cypripedium wardii (SE. Tibet)
  • Cypripedium yunnanense (SE Tibet)
  • Paphiopedilum barbigerum (Southeast Yunnan, Southwest Guizhou, Guangxi)
  • Paphiopedilum dianthum (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guizhou, W. Guangxi)
  • Paphiopedilum emersonii (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 (S.China to Hainan)
  • Paphiopedilum purpuratum var. hainanense (Hainan)
  • Paphiopedilum purpuratum var. purpuratum (Yunnan, Hong Kong, Guangdong)
  • Paphiopedilum saccopetalum (SE. Guangxi)
  • Paphiopedilum tigrinum (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 (S. China)

Taiwan only

China through Korea, Japan

China through Southeast Asia

Himalaya endemic

Southern India, Sri Lanka endemic

South Asia through Himalaya through China, including Hainan

South Asia through Himalaya to Southeast Asia, possibly Pacific Islands

Southeast Asia only

Continental Malaysia only

Indonesia only, including whole of Borneo

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)
Dendrobium parthenium (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 hookerae var. volonteanum (Sabah)
  • Paphiopedilum hookerae
  • Paphiopedilum hookerae
    • Paphiopedilum hookerae var. hookerae (Sarawak, West Kalimantan)
    • Paphiopedilum hookerae var. volonteanum (Sabah)
    • Paphiopedilum javanicum var. virens (Sabah to N. Sarawak)
  • Paphiopedilum kolopakingii (C. Kalimantan)
  • Paphiopedilum lawrenceanum (Sarawak, Sabah)
    • Paphiopedilum lowii var. lynniae
  • Paphiopedilum ooii
  • Paphiopedilum rothschildianum (Mt. Kinabalu)
  • Paphiopedilum sanderianum (Gunung Mulu)
  • Paphiopedilum stonei (Borneo - Sarawak).
    • Paphiopedilum stonei var. platyphyllum (Sarawak)
    • Paphiopedilum stonei var. stonei (S. Sarawak)
  • Paphiopedilum sugiyamanum (Sabah)
  • Paphiopedilum supardii (SE. Kalimantan)

Java endemic

Sulawesi endemics, Malukus endemics, and species endemic to both

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 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 (S. Aceh)
  • Dendrochilum ventricosum (Sumatra)
  • Dendrochilum wichersii (Sumatra)
  • Paphiopedilum primulinum var. primulinum (S. Aceh)
  • Paphiopedilum primulinum var. purpurascens (S. Aceh)
  • Paphiopedilum superbiens (N. & W. Sumatra)
  • Paphiopedilum tonsum (N. & W. Sumatra)
  • Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae (W. Sumatra)
  • Paphiopedilum victoria-regina (W. Sumatra)

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

Philippines only

  • Acanthephippium mantinianum
  • Agrostophyllum elmeri
  • Agrostophyllum leytense
  • Agrostophyllum longivaginatum
  • Agrostophyllum luzonense
  • Agrostophyllum malindangense
  • Agrostophyllum merrillii
  • Agrostophyllum mindanense
  • Agrostophyllum philippinense
  • Agrostophyllum saccatilabium
  • Agrostophyllum wenzelii
  • Dendrochilum abortum
  • Dendrochilum affine
  • Dendrochilum amesianum
  • Dendrochilum anfractum
  • Dendrochilum apiculatum
  • Dendrochilum apoense
  • Dendrochilum arachnites
  • Dendrochilum asperum
  • Dendrochilum auriculare
  • Dendrochilum binuangense
  • Dendrochilum cinnabarinum
  • Dendrochilum graciliscapum
  • Dendrochilum graminifolium
  • Dendrochilum hastatum
  • Dendrochilum irigense
  • Dendrochilum javieriense
  • Dendrochilum latifolium
  • Dendrochilum longibulbum
  • Dendrochilum longilabre
  • Dendrochilum loheri
  • Dendrochilum louisianum
  • Dendrochilum luzonense
  • Dendrochilum macgregorii (Philippines)
  • Dendrochilum magnum (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)

Thailand only

Vietnam only

Southeast Asia through New Guinea and Pacific Islands

Europe through 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 (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

Pacific Islands endemic

North America only

Pacific Coast only

Canadian Prairies only

Mexico endemics

Mexico through Central and South America endemics

Central America and Caribbean Islands

Central America and Caribbean Islands through South America

Pantropical South America endemics

includes all tropical regions in South America:

Andes endemics

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

Northern South America endemics

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

Southern South America endemics

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

Bolivia only

Brazil endemics

Colombia endemics

Colombia through Ecuador

Ecuador only

Ecuador through Peru

Peru endemics

Other South America endemics

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

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

References

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