Orchids of Karnataka
165 orchids on the India list have an open record placed in Karnataka, 6 of them threatened (1 Endangered and 5 Vulnerable) and 51 endemic to India.
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened orchids of Karnataka (6)
Orchids of Karnataka endemic to India (51)
- Aerides crispa Curled Aerides
- Aerides maculosa fox brush orchid
- Brachycorythis wightii DD
- Bulbophyllum fimbriatum
- Bulbophyllum fuscopurpureum
- Bulbophyllum mysorense
- Bulbophyllum proudlockii
- Bulbophyllum rheedei
- Bulbophyllum stocksii
- Bulbophyllum tremulum
- Cleisostomopsis salimii
- Crepidium malabaricum
- Dendrobium aqueum
- Dendrobium barbatulum Small Bearded Dendrobium
- Dendrobium heyneanum
- Dendrobium lawianum
- Dendrobium nanum Tiny Dendrobium
- Dendrobium nodosum
- Dendrobium ovatum Green Lipped Dendrobium
- Dendrobium turbinatum
- Diplocentrum congestum VU
- Habenaria brachyphylla Short-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria elwesii
- Habenaria grandifloriformis Single Leaved Habenaria NT
- Habenaria heyneana Toothbrush Orchid
- Habenaria laciniata
- Habenaria longicorniculata long-tailed habenaria
- Habenaria longicornu
- Habenaria modesta
- Habenaria multicaudata NT
- Habenaria rariflora
- Luisia macrantha
- Oberonia chandrasekharanii
- Oberonia josephi
- Oberonia proudlockii
- Oberonia verticillata
- Peristylus lancifolius
- Peristylus secundus
- Pinalia mysorensis
- Porpax exilis
- Porpax filiformis
- Porpax jerdoniana Jerdon's Porpax
- Porpax microchilos
- Porpax reticosa
- Pteroceras indicum
- Robiquetia josephiana
- Schoenorchis smeeana VU
- Smithsonia maculata NT
- Smithsonia straminea
- Smithsonia viridiflora
- Vanda sathishii
All orchids of Karnataka on the list (165)
- Acampe carinata
- Acampe ochracea
- Acampe praemorsa Wight's Acampe
- Acanthophippium bicolor
- Aerides crispa Curled Aerides
- Aerides maculosa fox brush orchid
- Aerides ringens
- Aphyllorchis montana
- Arundina graminifolia Bamboo Orchid
- Brachycorythis wightii DD
- Bulbophyllum crassipes
- Bulbophyllum fimbriatum
- Bulbophyllum fischeri
- Bulbophyllum fuscopurpureum
- Bulbophyllum maskeliyense
- Bulbophyllum mysorense
- Bulbophyllum proudlockii
- Bulbophyllum rheedei
- Bulbophyllum sterile Nilgiri Bulbophyllum
- Bulbophyllum stocksii
- Bulbophyllum tremulum
- Calanthe masuca
- Calanthe plantaginea
- Calanthe sylvatica
- Calanthe triplicata Christmas Orchid
- Cleisostoma tenuifolium
- Cleisostomopsis roseus
- Cleisostomopsis salimii
- Coelogyne breviscapa
- Coelogyne imbricata
- Coelogyne nervosa
- Coelogyne pallida
- Cottonia peduncularis Long-ray Bee Orchid
- Crepidium malabarica
- Crepidium malabaricum
- Crepidium resupinatum
- Crepidium versicolor
- Cymbidium aloifolium Aloe-leaved Cymbidium
- Cymbidium bicolor Two-Colored Cymbidium
- Cymbidium ensifolium Four-Season Orchid
- Cymbidium haematodes
- Dendrobium aqueum
- Dendrobium barbatulum Small Bearded Dendrobium
- Dendrobium crepidatum Shoe-lipped Dendrobium
- Dendrobium crispum
- Dendrobium herbaceum
- Dendrobium heterocarpum
- Dendrobium heyneanum
- Dendrobium jerdonianum
- Dendrobium lawianum
- Dendrobium macraei
- Dendrobium macrostachyum Fringed tree orchid
- Dendrobium nanum Tiny Dendrobium
- Dendrobium nodosum
- Dendrobium nutantiflorum
- Dendrobium ovatum Green Lipped Dendrobium
- Dendrobium panduratum
- Dendrobium salaccense
- Dendrobium turbinatum
- Didymoplexis pallens Crystal bells
- Dienia ophrydis Common Snout Orchid
- Diplocentrum congestum VU
- Diplocentrum recurvum NT
- Diploprora championii Champion's orchid
- Disperis neilgherrensis
- Epipogium roseum Rose Epipogium
- Eulophia epidendraea
- Eulophia nuda
- Eulophia picta Shepherds Crook Orchid
- Eulophia zollingeri Carrion orchid
- Gastrochilus acaulis
- Gastrochilus flabelliformis EN
- Goodyera procera Bottlebrush Orchid
- Habenaria brachyphylla Short-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria crinifera Doll orchid
- Habenaria digitata
- Habenaria diphylla Two-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria elwesii
- Habenaria falcigera
- Habenaria furcifera
- Habenaria grandifloriformis Single Leaved Habenaria NT
- Habenaria heyneana Toothbrush Orchid
- Habenaria laciniata
- Habenaria longicorniculata long-tailed habenaria
- Habenaria longicornu
- Habenaria marginata Golden yellow Habenaria
- Habenaria modesta
- Habenaria multicaudata NT
- Habenaria plantaginea Plantain Orchid
- Habenaria rariflora
- Habenaria roxburghii Roxburgh's Habenaria
- Habenaria thailandica
- Habenaria viridiflora
- Liparis deflexa
- Liparis elliptica Elliptic Widelip Orchid
- Liparis odorata fragrant liparis
- Liparis viridiflora
- Luisia birchea
- Luisia macrantha
- Luisia trichorhiza Hairy-Root Luisia
- Luisia tristis
- Luisia zeylanica
- Nervilia concolor tall shield orchid
- Nervilia infundibulifolia
- Nervilia plicata
- Nervilia simplex
- Oberonia brachystachys
- Oberonia brunoniana Brown's Oberonia
- Oberonia chandrasekharanii
- Oberonia ensiformis
- Oberonia josephi
- Oberonia mucronata
- Oberonia proudlockii
- Oberonia verticillata
- Pachystoma pubescens Pink Thicklip Orchid
- Papilionanthe cylindrica
- Pecteilis gigantea
- Pecteilis susannae Lady Susan's Orchid
- Peristylus aristatus
- Peristylus densus Dense Peristylus
- Peristylus goodyeroides
- Peristylus lancifolius
- Peristylus plantagineus Plantain Peristylus
- Peristylus secundus
- Peristylus spiralis VU
- Phalaenopsis deliciosa
- Phalaenopsis hookeriana
- Phalaenopsis mysorensis
- Phalaenopsis parishii
- Pinalia mysorensis
- Platanthera longicalcarata
- Polystachya concreta yellow helmet orchid
- Porpax albiflora
- Porpax braccata Breeches Eria
- Porpax exilis
- Porpax filiformis
- Porpax jerdoniana Jerdon's Porpax
- Porpax microchilos
- Porpax reticosa
- Porpax reticulata
- Pteroceras indicum
- Rhynchostylis retusa Foxtail Orchid
- Robiquetia josephiana
- Robiquetia rosea
- Satyrium nepalense Nepal Satyrium
- Schoenorchis smeeana VU
- Sirhookera lanceolata
- Sirhookera latifolia
- Smithsonia maculata NT
- Smithsonia straminea
- Smithsonia viridiflora
- Spathoglottis plicata Philippine Ground Orchid
- Spiranthes australis austral ladies'-tresses
- Spiranthes sinensis Chinese Spiranthes
- Tainia bicornis
- Taprobanea spathulata VU
- Thrixspermum filiforme
- Thunia alba
- Tropidia angulosa
- Vanda sathishii
- Vanda tessellata Checkered Vanda
- Vanda testacea
- Vanda wightii VU
- Zeuxine gracilis
- Zeuxine longilabris Long-Lipped Zeuxine
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Other species of Karnataka
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