Orchids of Kerala
152 orchids on the India list have an open record placed in Kerala, 8 of them threatened (1 Critically Endangered, 2 Endangered and 5 Vulnerable) and 47 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 Kerala (8)
- Habenaria periyarensis CR
- Gastrochilus flabelliformis EN
- Vanilla planifolia Flat-leaved Vanilla EN
- Benthamia africana VU
- Habenaria suaveolens VU
- Ipsea malabarica VU
- Taprobanea spathulata VU
- Vanda wightii VU
Orchids of Kerala endemic to India (47)
- Aenhenrya rotundifolia
- Aerides crispa Curled Aerides
- Anoectochilus elatus NT
- Brachycorythis iantha
- Brachycorythis wightii DD
- Bulbophyllum aureum Golden Bulb-Leaf Orchid
- Bulbophyllum fimbriatum
- Bulbophyllum fuscopurpureum
- Bulbophyllum rheedei
- Bulbophyllum stocksii
- Bulbophyllum tremulum
- Coelogyne mossiae
- Dendrobium anamalayanum
- Dendrobium aqueum
- Dendrobium barbatulum Small Bearded Dendrobium
- Dendrobium gopalanii
- Dendrobium microbulbon Tiny Dendrobium
- Dendrobium nanum Tiny Dendrobium
- Dendrobium nodosum
- Dendrobium ovatum Green Lipped Dendrobium
- Eulophia pratensis Meadow Eulophia
- Habenaria brachyphylla Short-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria elwesii
- Habenaria grandifloriformis Single Leaved Habenaria NT
- Habenaria heyneana Toothbrush Orchid
- Habenaria longicorniculata long-tailed habenaria
- Habenaria longicornu
- Habenaria periyarensis CR
- Habenaria perrottetiana
- Habenaria rariflora
- Habenaria richardiana
- Habenaria suaveolens VU
- Ipsea malabarica VU
- Luisia macrantha
- Oberonia josephi
- Oberonia platycaulon
- Oberonia verticillata
- Peristylus caranjensis
- Pinalia mysorensis
- Pinalia polystachya
- Porpax filiformis
- Porpax jerdoniana Jerdon's Porpax
- Porpax reticosa
- Pteroceras monsooniae
- Smithsonia maculata NT
- Smithsonia straminea
- Smithsonia viridiflora
All orchids of Kerala on the list (152)
- Acampe ochracea
- Acampe praemorsa Wight's Acampe
- Acanthophippium bicolor
- Aenhenrya rotundifolia
- Aerides crispa Curled Aerides
- Aerides ringens
- Anoectochilus elatus NT
- Arachnis flos-aeris
- Arachnis maingayi
- Arundina graminifolia Bamboo Orchid
- Benthamia africana VU
- Brachycorythis iantha
- Brachycorythis obcordata
- Brachycorythis wightii DD
- Bulbophyllum aureum Golden Bulb-Leaf Orchid
- Bulbophyllum fimbriatum
- Bulbophyllum fuscopurpureum
- Bulbophyllum moniliforme
- Bulbophyllum rheedei
- Bulbophyllum sterile Nilgiri Bulbophyllum
- Bulbophyllum stocksii
- Bulbophyllum tremulum
- Calanthe dominyi
- Calanthe masuca
- Calanthe tankervilleae
- Calanthe triplicata Christmas Orchid
- Cheirostylis flabellata
- Cheirostylis parvifolia
- Cleisostoma tenuifolium
- Cleisostomopsis filiformis
- Coelogyne imbricata
- Coelogyne mossiae
- Coelogyne nervosa
- Coelogyne odoratissima
- Coelogyne ovalis
- Coelogyne pallida
- Corymborkis veratrifolia White cinnamon orchid
- Cottonia peduncularis Long-ray Bee Orchid
- Crepidium resupinatum
- Crepidium versicolor
- Cymbidium aloifolium Aloe-leaved Cymbidium
- Cymbidium bicolor Two-Colored Cymbidium
- Dendrobium anamalayanum
- Dendrobium aphyllum Hooded Orchid
- Dendrobium aqueum
- Dendrobium barbatulum Small Bearded Dendrobium
- Dendrobium crumenatum Dove flower
- Dendrobium gopalanii
- Dendrobium herbaceum
- Dendrobium jerdonianum
- Dendrobium kallarense
- Dendrobium macrostachyum Fringed tree orchid
- Dendrobium microbolbon
- Dendrobium microbulbon Tiny Dendrobium
- Dendrobium nanum Tiny Dendrobium
- Dendrobium nodosum
- Dendrobium ovatum Green Lipped Dendrobium
- Dendrobium panduratum
- Dendrobium wightii
- Dienia ophrydis Common Snout Orchid
- Diplocentrum recurvum NT
- Disperis neilgherrensis
- Epidendrum radicans Fire-star orchid
- Epipogium roseum Rose Epipogium
- Eulophia epidendraea
- Eulophia graminea Chinese Crown Orchid
- Eulophia herbacea
- Eulophia nuda
- Eulophia picta Shepherds Crook Orchid
- Eulophia pratensis Meadow Eulophia
- Eulophia zollingeri Carrion orchid
- Gastrochilus acaulis
- Gastrochilus flabelliformis EN
- Goodyera procera Bottlebrush Orchid
- Habenaria brachyphylla Short-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria commelinifolia Commelina-Leaf Habenaria
- Habenaria crinifera Doll orchid
- Habenaria digitata
- Habenaria diphylla Two-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria elwesii
- Habenaria grandifloriformis Single Leaved Habenaria NT
- Habenaria heyneana Toothbrush Orchid
- Habenaria longicorniculata long-tailed habenaria
- Habenaria longicornu
- Habenaria marginata Golden yellow Habenaria
- Habenaria periyarensis CR
- Habenaria perrottetiana
- Habenaria plantaginea Plantain Orchid
- Habenaria rariflora
- Habenaria richardiana
- Habenaria roxburghii Roxburgh's Habenaria
- Habenaria suaveolens VU
- Habenaria viridiflora
- Ipsea malabarica VU
- Liparis atropurpurea
- Liparis nervosa Pantropical Widelip Orchid
- Luisia birchea
- Luisia macrantha
- Malaxis densiflora
- Nervilia concolor tall shield orchid
- Nervilia infundibulifolia
- Nervilia plicata
- Nervilia simplex
- Oberonia brunoniana Brown's Oberonia
- Oberonia ensiformis
- Oberonia josephi
- Oberonia mucronata
- Oberonia platycaulon
- Oberonia verticillata
- Pachystoma pubescens Pink Thicklip Orchid
- Pecteilis gigantea
- Peristeria elata Holy Ghost Orchid NT
- Peristylus aristatus
- Peristylus caranjensis
- Peristylus cubitalis
- Peristylus densus Dense Peristylus
- Peristylus plantagineus Plantain Peristylus
- Peristylus richardianus
- Phalaenopsis deliciosa
- Phalaenopsis hookeriana
- Pinalia mysorensis
- Pinalia polystachya
- Platanthera longicalcarata
- Polystachya concreta yellow helmet orchid
- Porpax braccata Breeches Eria
- Porpax filiformis
- Porpax jerdoniana Jerdon's Porpax
- Porpax reticosa
- Porpax reticulata
- Pteroceras monsooniae
- Rhynchostylis retusa Foxtail Orchid
- Satyrium nepalense Nepal Satyrium
- Sirhookera lanceolata
- Smithsonia maculata NT
- Smithsonia straminea
- Smithsonia viridiflora
- Spathoglottis plicata Philippine Ground Orchid
- Spathoglottis unguiculata
- Spiranthes flexuosa Nepalese Ladies'-tresses
- Spiranthes sinensis Chinese Spiranthes
- Taprobanea spathulata VU
- Thelasis pygmaea
- Trichoglottis tenera
- Tropidia angulosa
- Vanda tessellata Checkered Vanda
- Vanda testacea
- Vanda thwaitesii
- Vanda wightii VU
- Vanilla planifolia Flat-leaved Vanilla EN
- Zeuxine boninensis
- Zeuxine gracilis
- Zeuxine longilabris Long-Lipped Zeuxine
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Other species of Kerala
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