Distribution of orchid species
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This page lists orchid species according to their respective distribution range.
Africa only
- Agrostophyllum occidentale (Seychelles, N. Madagascar)
- Agrostophyllum seychellarum (Seychelles)
- Ancistrochilus rothschildianus (W. Trop. Africa to Uganda)
- Ancistrochilus thomsonianus (S. Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa)
China only, including Taiwan and Hainan
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Northeast China only
- Cypripedium agnicapitatum (Manchuria)
- Cypripedium morinanthum (Manchuria)
- Cypripedium neoparviflorum (Manchuria)
- Cypripedium roseum (Manchuria)
- Cypripedium sinapoides (Manchuria)
Tibet, Southwest, South-Central China only
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Taiwan only
- Cypripedium formosanum (C Taiwan)
- Cypripedium segawai (EC Taiwan)
China through Korea, Japan
- Cypripedium debile (Japan, Taiwan, China)
- Cypripedium japonicum (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 (Indochina to Hainan)
- Paphiopedilum armeniacum (western Yunnan to northern Myanmar)
- Paphiopedilum bellatulum (Southeast Yunnan, Guizhou, South Guangxi to Indochina)
- Paphiopedilum charlesworthii (N. Myanmar to China - Yunnan)
- Paphiopedilum concolor (China - YunNan, Guizhou, Guangxi to Indo-China)
- Paphiopedilum hangianum (China - YunNan to Viet Nam)
- Paphiopedilum henryanum (China - SE. YunNan, Guangxi to N. Vietnam)
- Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. esquirolei (China - YunNan, Guizhou, Guangxi to N. & E. Indo-China)
- Paphiopedilum malipoense (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 (China - SE. YunNan, W. & N. Guangxi, W. Guizhou to N. Viet Nam)
- Paphiopedilum wardii (China - SW. YunNan to Myanmar)
- Paphiopedilum villosum var. annamense (Yunnan, Guangxi to Indo-China)
- Pleione albiflora (China - W. Yunnan to N. Myanmar)
- Pleione forrestii (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 (Assam - Meghalaya)
- Paphiopedilum venustum (E. Nepal to NE. Bangladesh)
- Pleione coronaria (C. Nepal)
Southern India, Sri Lanka endemic
- Adrorhizon purpurascens (South India and Sri Lanka)
- Paphiopedilum druryi (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 (E Nepal to China)
- Cypripedium himalaicum (SE Tibet to Himalaya)
- Cypripedium tibeticum (Sikkim to C China)
- Paphiopedilum fairrieanum (E. Himalaya to Assam)
- Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum (Assam to S. China)
- Paphiopedilum parishii (Assam to China - W. YunNan)
- Paphiopedilum villosum (Assam to S. China)
- Pleione maculata (C. Himalaya to China - W. Yunnan)
- Pleione praecox (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 (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 (India, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, South China to Indonesia and across the Pacific Islands)
- Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. hirsutissimum (Assam to Myanmar)
- Paphiopedilum spicerianum (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 (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 (Laos to Viet Nam)
- Paphiopedilum niveum (Pen. Thailand to N. Pen. Malaysia)
- Paphiopedilum philippinense (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 (Malaysia)
- Paphiopedilum bullenianum var. bullenianum (W. Malaysia)
- Paphiopedilum lowii (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 (N. Sumatra)
- Paphiopedilum mastersianum (Lesser Sunda Is. to Maluku)
- Paphiopedilum mastersianum var. mastersianum (Maluku - Ambon, Buru)
- Paphiopedilum mastersianum var. mohrianum (Lesser Sunda Is. (Flores)
Borneo only
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Dendrobium parthenium (Borneo)
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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 (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 (N. Sulawesi)
- Paphiopedilum schoseri (Sulawesi to Maluku)
Sumatra only
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Species native to more than one of the following: Western Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, the Philippines and Taiwan
- Acanthephippium javanicum (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 (Philippines, Borneo)
- Dendrochilum kingii (Malaysia, Borneo to Philippines)
- Dendrochilum kingii var. kingii (Malaysia, Borneo to Philippines)
- Dendrochilum longifolium (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
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Thailand only
- Dendrochilum viride (Thailand)
- Paphiopedilum callosum var. potentianum
- Paphiopedilum exul (Pen. Thailand)
- Paphiopedilum godefroyae (Pen. Thailand)
- Paphiopedilum sukhakulii (NE. Thailand)
- Paphiopedilum thaianum
- Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum (Kanchanaburi)
Vietnam only
- Paphiopedilum delenatii (SE. Viet Nam)
- Paphiopedilum helenae (N. Vietnam - Cao Bang Prov)
- Paphiopedilum tranlienianum (Viet Nam).
- Paphiopedilum tranlienianum f. alboviride (Viet Nam)
- Paphiopedilum vietnamense (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 (Europe to Japan)
- Cypripedium macranthum (E Belarus to temperate E Asia)
New Guinea and adjacent islands only
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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 (New Zealand)
- Earina autumnalis (New Zealand)
- Earina mucronata (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 (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 (C & E Canada, NC & NE U.S.A)
- Cypripedium candidum (SE Canada, NC & E U.S.A)
- Cypripedium × columbianum (W Canada, NW U.S.A)
- Cypripedium fasciculatum (W U.S.A)
- Cypripedium kentuckiense (C & E U.S.A)
- Cypripedium parviflorum (Canada, E U.S.A).
- Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum (Canada, E U.S.A.)
- Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (N. America)
- Cypripedium passerinum (Alaska to Canada, Montana)
- Cypripedium reginae (C & E Canada, NC & E. U.S.A)
Pacific Coast only
- Cypripedium × alaskanum (Alaska)
- Cypripedium californicum (Oregon, N. California)
- Cypripedium montanum (Alaska to California)
Canadian Prairies only
- Cypripedium x herae (Manitoba, Canada)
Mexico endemics
- Alamania punicea (Mexico)
- Artorima erubescens (Mexico)
- Burnsbaloghia diaphana (Mexico)
- Cypripedium molle (Mexico)
- Dithyridanthus densiflorus (Mexico)
- Hintonella mexicana (Mexico)
- Mexicoa ghiesbreghtiana (Mexico)
- Papperitzia leiboldii (Mexico)
- Pseudocranichis thysanochila (Mexico)
Mexico through Central and South America endemics
- Brassavola cucullata (Mexico to N. South America)
- Brassavola nodosa (Mexico to Trop. America: Belize)
- Brassavola venosa (SE. Mexico to C. America)
- Cypripedium dickinsonianum (Mexico (S Chiapas) to Guatemala)
- Cypripedium irapeanum (Mexico to Honduras)
- Mexipedium xerophyticum (Oaxaca, Mexico)
- Phragmipedium exstaminodium (Mexico - Chiapas to Guatemala)
Central America and Caribbean Islands
- Brassavola acaulis (C. America: Belize)
- Brassavola subulifolia (Jamaica)
- Brassavola gillettei (Trinidad)
- Brassavola harrisii (Jamaica)
- Cattleya dowiana (Costa Rica)
- Phragmipedium popowii (Costa Rica to Panama)
Central America and Caribbean Islands through South America
- Brassavola grandiflora (C. America to Colombia)
- Cattleya aurea (S. Panama to Colombia)
- Cattleya gaskelliana (Colombia to Trinidad)
- Phragmipedium longifolium (Costa Rica to Ecuador)
Pantropical South America endemics
includes all tropical regions in South America:
- Brassavola martiana (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 (Brazil to Peru and NE. Argentina)
- Cattleya jenmanii (Venezuela to Guyana)
- Cattleya lawrenceana (Venezuela, Guyana, N. Brazil)
- Cattleya lueddemanniana (N. Venezuela)
- Phragmipedium klotzschianum (SE. Venezuela to Guyana and N. Brazil)
- Phragmipedium lindenii (Venezuela to Ecuador)
- Phragmipedium lindleyanum (N. South America to Brazil - Pernambuco)
- Phragmipedium tetzlaffianum (Venezuela)
- Selenipedium steyermarkii (Brazil, Venezuela)
Southern South America endemics
spans several of these entities: southern Brazil, and the countries Paraguay and Uruguay.
- Cattleya intermedia (SE. & S. Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
- Cattleya loddigesii (SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina)
- Cattleya loddigesii subsp. loddigesii (SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina)
Bolivia only
- Phragmipedium caricinum (Bolivia)
Brazil endemics
- Brassavola duckeana (Brazil)
- Brassavola fasciculata (Brazil)
- Brassavola flagellaris (Brazil)
- Brassavola fragans (Brazil)
- Brassavola reginae (Brazil)
- Brassavola revoluta (Brazil)
- Brassavola rhomboglossa (WC. & S. Brazil)
- Cattleya aclandiae (Brazil)
- Cattleya amethystoglossa (Brazil)
- Cattleya bicolor (SE. Brazil)
- Cattleya bicolor subsp. bicolor (Brazil)
- Cattleya bicolor subsp. canastrensis (Brazil)
- Cattleya bicolor subsp. minasgeraiensis (Brazil)
- Cattleya dormaniana (Brazil)
- Cattleya elongata (Brazil)
- Cattleya forbesii (Brazil)
- Cattleya granulosa (Brazil)
- Cattleya guttata (Brazil).
- Cattleya harrisoniana (SE. Brazil).
- Cattleya kerrii (Brazil).
- Cattleya labiata (Brazil)
- Cattleya loddigesii subsp. purpurea (Brazil)
- Cattleya porphyroglossa (Brazil).
- Cattleya schilleriana (Brazil).
- Cattleya schofieldiana (Brazil)
- Cattleya tenuis (NE. Brazil).
- Cattleya tigrina (SE. & S. Brazil)
- Cattleya velutina (Brazil)
- Cattleya walkeriana (WC. & SE. Brazil)
- Cattleya wallisii (N. Brazil)
- Cattleya warneri (E. Brazil)
- Phragmipedium brasiliense
- Phragmipedium chapadense
- Phragmipedium vittatum (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 (Colombia)
- Cattleya warscewiczii (Colombia)
- Phragmipedium schlimii
Colombia through Ecuador
Ecuador only
- Phragmipedium andreettae
- Phragmipedium besseae var. dalessandroi (S. Ecuador)
- Phragmipedium fischeri
- Phragmipedium hirtzii (N. Ecuador)
- Phragmipedium × roethianum
- Selenipedium aequinoctiale
Ecuador through Peru
- Phragmipedium besseae (Ecuador to N. Peru)
- Phragmipedium besseae var. besseae (E. Ecuador to N. Peru)
- Phragmipedium boissierianum (S. Ecuador to Peru)
- Phragmipedium boissierianum var. czerwiakowianum (S. Ecuador to Peru)
- Phragmipedium pearcei (Ecuador to N. Peru)
- Phragmipedium reticulatum
Peru endemics
- Cattleya mooreana (Peru)
- Phragmipedium boissierianum var. boissierianum
- Phragmipedium kovachii (Peru – San Martin)
- Phragmipedium richteri
Other South America endemics
spans several South American countries and does not fit in any of the above:
- Cattleya luteola (N. Brazil, Ecuador to Bolivia)
- Cattleya maxima (Venezuela to Peru)
Siberia only, or through Korea, Japan, and Alaska, or circumpolar
- Calypso bulbosa (circumpolar)
- Cypripedium × catherinae (Russian Far East)
- Cypripedium guttatum (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)
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