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Adenoncos
Adenoncos is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), consisting of 20 species native to Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and New Guinea.
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Paraphalaenopsis
The genus Paraphalaenopsis, abbreviated as Prphln in horticultural trade, is a member of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), consisting of 4 species endemic to Borneo and one natural (unconfirmed) hybrid, Paraphalaenopsis × thorntonii (P. denevei × P. serpentilingua). Named by American botanist Alex Drum Hawkes.
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Biermannia
Biermannia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to eastern India, China and Southeast Asia. Sir George King and Robert Pantling erected this genus in memory of Adolph Biermann who was the curator of Botanical garden in Kolkata.
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Neofinetia
Neofinetia was a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, that is now regarded as a synonym of Vanda. It contained three species and was distributed in China, Korea, and Japan. thumb|Vanda falcata, formerly Neofinetia falcata
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Aeridinae
In the botanical classification of plants, Aeridinae Pfitzer is a subtribe of the tribe Vandeae (Family Orchidaceae) whose representatives all have a monopodial growth habit and do not possess pseudobulbs.
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Saccolabium
thumb | right Saccolabium is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to India and Indonesia. In the past, over 350 names have been published for species, subspecies and varieties within the genus, but the vast majority of the taxa have been moved to other genera. At present (June 2014), the following are accepted in Saccolabium:
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Chamaeanthus
Chamaeanthus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Four species are currently recognized as of September 2025, all native to southeastern Asia.
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Calymmanthera
Calymmanthera is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 species, native to Maluku, New Guinea, Fiji and the Solomon Islands.
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Dimorphorchis
Dimorphorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 9 species, which are native to Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Solomon Islands, and Brunei. It is remarkable for its two flower morphs present on the same plant.
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Cleisomeria
Cleisomeria is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family Orchidaceae native to southeast Asia from Bangladesh to Borneo.
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Cleisocentron
Cleisocentron is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has a disjunct distribution, known from the Himalayas, Vietnam, China and Borneo.
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Chroniochilus
Chroniochilus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 species, native to Yunnan, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
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Drymoanthus
Drymoanthus, commonly known as midget orchids is a genus of epiphytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are relatively small and unbranched with thick roots, narrow crowded leaves and small scented green flowers with a white labellum. There are four species, found in Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia.
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Diploprora
Diploprora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two recognized species, native to Asia:
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Dryadorchis
Dryadorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is endemic to New Guinea.Marshall, A., & Beehler, B. (2011). "Ecology of Indonesian Papua Part One." Tuttle Publishing.
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Schoenorchis
Schoenorchis, commonly known as flea orchids, or 匙唇兰属 (chi chun lan shu) in Chinese, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are small epiphytes with thin roots, thin leafy stems with leaves in two ranks and tiny fragrant, almost tube-shaped flowers with a prominently spurred labellum. There are about twenty five species found from tropical and subtropical Asia to the Western Pacific. thumb|Schoenorchis seidenfadenii thumb|Schoenorchis smeeana (Rchb.f.) Jalal, Jayanthi & Schuit. (as Xenikophyton smeeanum (Rchb.f.) Garay) thumb|Schoenorchis junci
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Diplocentrum
Diplocentrum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has two known species:
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Grosourdya
Grosourdya is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. As of May 2022, it contains 26 known species, native to Southeast Asia.
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Pomatocalpa
Pomatocalpa, commonly known as bladder orchids, or 鹿角兰属 (lu jiao lan shu), is a genus of about twenty five species from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes or lithophytes with thick, leathery leaves and a large number of small flowers with a three-lobed labellum. There are about twenty five species found from tropical and subtropical Asia to the south-west Pacific.
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Pteroceras
Pteroceras is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.
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Bogoria
genus of orchids
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Pennilabium
Pennilabium is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia and the Himalayas.
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Plectorrhiza
Plectorrhiza, commonly known as tangle orchids, is a genus of three species of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to Australia. Orchids in the genus Plectorrhiza are epiphytic or lithophytic herbs with short stems, long, tangled roots, short leathery leaves and small flowers on a short, thin flowering stem. Two species occur in eastern Australia and one is endemic to Lord Howe Island.
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Tuberolabium
Tuberolabium is a genus of epiphytic flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to the Old World Tropics, including China, Indochina, Taiwan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Several species formerly included in Tuberolabium are now placed in the genus Trachoma.
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Hymenorchis
Hymenorchis is a genus of flowering plants of the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea and New Caledonia.
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Macropodanthus
Macropodanthus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.
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Uncifera
Uncifera is a genus of epiphytic flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to the Himalayas and to Indochina.
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Porrorhachis
Porrorhachis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two known species, both native to Southeast Asia.
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Microsaccus
Microsaccus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia.
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Sarcophyton
genus of plants
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Sarcanthopsis
Sarcanthopsis, commonly known as goliath orchids, is a genus of six species of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are large epiphytes or lithophytes with long, thick, leathery stems, large, crowded leathery leaves and many yellowish flowers on a branched flowering stem. Orchids in this genus occur in New Guinea and islands of the south-west Pacific.
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Omoea
Omoea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It includes two known species, both native to Southeast Asia.
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Ceratocentron
Ceratocentron is a critically endangered monotypic genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae. It sole known species, Ceratocentron fesselii, is found at high altitudes from Nueva Vizcaya and Nueva Ecija to the Cordillera Mountain ranges on Luzon island in the Philippines. The holotype was discovered in northern Nueva Ecija. The species is rare in the wild, and remained unknown to science until 1989.
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Smitinandia
Smitinandia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains three known species, native to Southeast Asia and the Himalayas.
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Smithsonia
Smithsonia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains three known species, all endemic to southern India.
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Saccolabiopsis
Saccolabiopsis, commonly known as pitcher orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are small epiphytes with short, fibrous stems, smooth, thin roots, a few thin, oblong to lance-shaped leaves in two ranks and large numbers of small green flowers on an unbranched flowering stem. There are about fifteen species found from the eastern Himalayas to the south-west Pacific.
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Cottonia
Cottonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae: the only known species is Cottonia peduncularis. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. The genus was erected by Robert Wight and named after Major Frederick Cotton, an amateur botanist who served in the Madras Engineer Group and collected the species from Tellichery. A coloured illustration of the plant had been sent to Wight by Thomas C. Jerdon.
Doritaenopsis
genus of plants
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Rhynchogyna
Rhynchogyna is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has three known species, all native to Indochina.
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Dyakia hendersoniana
species of plant
Cleisostomopsis
Cleisostomopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae.
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Sarcoglyphis
Sarcoglyphis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas and southern China.
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Seidenfadenia
Seidenfadenia (abbreviated Sei.) is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.
Haraella retrocalla
species of plant
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Rhynchostylis coelestis
species of plant
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Jejewoodia
Jejewoodia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. It is native to Borneo.
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Peristeranthus
Peristeranthus hillii, commonly known as the beetle orchid or brown fairy-chain orchid is the only species in the genus Peristeranthus from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid with more or less pendulous stems, between three and ten widely spaced, leathery leaves and a large number of pale green, often spotted flowers. It mainly grows on tree trunks and thick vines in rainforest and is found between the Bloomfield River in Queensland and Port Macquarie in New South Wales.
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Schoenorchis juncifolia
species of plant
Stereochilus
genus of plants
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Paraphalaenopsis labukensis
species of plant
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Papillilabium
Papillilabium beckleri, commonly known as the imp orchid, is the only species in the genus Papillilabium from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is a small, epiphytic orchid with many thin roots, between two and six linear leaves and up to eight pale green or brownish flowers. The flowers are fragrant, produce nectar and have a warty labellum. It grows on shrubs and trees in humid places and near streams and is found between south-east Queensland and the Sydney region in New South Wales.
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Tuberolabium kotoense
species of plant
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Sarcanthopsis warocqueana
species of plant
Cryptopylos
Cryptopylos is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Cryptopylos clausus, native to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Sumatra.
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Plectorrhiza tridentata
species of plant
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Plectorrhiza brevilabris
species of plant
Biermannia jainiana
species of plant
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Hymenorchis javanica
species of plant
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Pomatocalpa macphersonii
species of plant
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Schoenorchis sarcophylla
species of plant