Common Name

Botanical Name
 

Bamboo orchid

Arundina graminifolia

Bee orchid

Luisia, Ophrys apifera

Braided orchid

Lockhartia species

Bucket orchid

Coryanthes species

Butterfly orchid

Oncidium papilio

Christmas star orchid

Angraecum sesquipedale

Cigar orchid

Cyrtopodium punctatum

Cow-horn orchid

Cyrtopodium punctatum, Schomburgkia tibicinis

Dancing-lady orchid

Oncidium species

Dove orchid (Dove flower)

Peristeria elata

Frog orchid

Polyrrhiza lindenii, Coeloglossum viride, Habenaria viridis

Ghost orchid

Polyrrhiza lindenii

Grass pink

Calopogon tuberosus

Jewel orchids

Anoectochilus, Dossinia, Goodyera, Ludisia species

Ladies' tresses

Spiranthes species

Lady-of-the-night orchid

Brassavola nodosa, Epidendrum nocturnum

Lady's-slipper

Cypripedium, Paphiopedilum, Phragmipedium, Selenipedium

Moth orchid

Phalaenopsis

Mule-ear orchid

Oncidium luridum and its relatives

Nun's orchid (nun's lily)

Phaius tankervilleae (syn. Phaius grandifolius)

Pansy orchid

Miltoniopsis species

Spider orchids

Arachnis, Brassia, Epidendrum ciliare, Caladenia

Star-of-Bethlehem orchid

Angraecum sesquipedale

Swan orchid

Cycnoches, especially Cycnoches chlorochilon

Tulip orchid

Anguloa, especially Anguloa clowesii