Orchids of Maharashtra
204 orchids on the India list have an open record placed in Maharashtra, 3 of them threatened (1 Endangered and 2 Vulnerable) and 33 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 Maharashtra (3)
- Paphiopedilum insigne Splendid Paphiopedilum EN
- Gastrodia elata Tianma VU
- Habenaria suaveolens VU
Orchids of Maharashtra endemic to India (33)
- Aerides crispa Curled Aerides
- Aerides maculosa fox brush orchid
- Bulbophyllum fimbriatum
- Dendrobium aqueum
- Dendrobium barbatulum Small Bearded Dendrobium
- Dendrobium lawianum
- Dendrobium microbulbon Tiny Dendrobium
- Dendrobium nanum Tiny Dendrobium
- Dendrobium nodosum
- Dendrobium ovatum Green Lipped Dendrobium
- Dendrobium turbinatum
- Eulophia diffusiflora
- Eulophia ochreata
- Eulophia pratensis Meadow Eulophia
- Habenaria brachyphylla Short-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria foliosa
- Habenaria grandifloriformis Single Leaved Habenaria NT
- Habenaria heyneana Toothbrush Orchid
- Habenaria laciniata
- Habenaria longicorniculata long-tailed habenaria
- Habenaria multicaudata NT
- Habenaria rariflora
- Habenaria spencei
- Habenaria suaveolens VU
- Oberonia chandrasekharanii
- Peristylus caranjensis
- Peristylus stocksii
- Porpax exilis
- Porpax filiformis
- Porpax jerdoniana Jerdon's Porpax
- Porpax microchilos
- Smithsonia straminea
- Smithsonia viridiflora
All orchids of Maharashtra on the list (204)
- Acampe carinata
- Acampe praemorsa Wight's Acampe
- Aerides crispa Curled Aerides
- Aerides maculosa fox brush orchid
- Aerides ringens
- Aerides rosea
- Agrostophyllum callosum
- Anoectochilus roxburghii
- Anthogonium gracile
- Arundina graminifolia Bamboo Orchid
- Bambuseria bambusifolia
- Bulbophyllum amplifolium
- Bulbophyllum candidum
- Bulbophyllum crabro
- Bulbophyllum cylindraceum
- Bulbophyllum elatum
- Bulbophyllum emarginatum
- Bulbophyllum eublepharum
- Bulbophyllum fimbriatum
- Bulbophyllum helenae
- Bulbophyllum odoratissimum
- Bulbophyllum pectinatum
- Bulbophyllum reptans
- Bulbophyllum retusiusculum
- Calanthe alismifolia
- Calanthe brevicornu
- Calanthe densiflora
- Calanthe mannii
- Calanthe perrottetii
- Calanthe puberula
- Calanthe tankervilleae
- Calanthe tricarinata
- Calanthe triplicata Christmas Orchid
- Calanthe woodfordii
- Cheirostylis parvifolia
- Cleisostoma racemiferum
- Coelogyne alba
- Coelogyne articulata
- Coelogyne convallariae
- Coelogyne corymbosa
- Coelogyne fimbriata Brown Rock Orchid
- Coelogyne fusca
- Coelogyne gardneriana
- Coelogyne imbricata
- Coelogyne longipes
- Coelogyne nitida
- Coelogyne ovalis
- Coelogyne pallida
- Coelogyne porrecta
- Coelogyne prolifera
- Coelogyne protracta
- Cottonia peduncularis Long-ray Bee Orchid
- Crepidium acuminatum
- Crepidium biauritum
- Crepidium versicolor
- Cryptochilus luteus
- Cymbidium aloifolium Aloe-leaved Cymbidium
- Cymbidium bicolor Two-Colored Cymbidium
- Cymbidium elegans
- Cymbidium erythraeum
- Cymbidium iridioides
- Cymbidium lancifolium Bamboo-leaf orchid
- Cyrtosia lindleyana
- Dendrobium amplum
- Dendrobium aphyllum Hooded Orchid
- Dendrobium aqueum
- Dendrobium barbatulum Small Bearded Dendrobium
- Dendrobium chrysanthum
- Dendrobium crepidatum Shoe-lipped Dendrobium
- Dendrobium crispum
- Dendrobium denneanum
- Dendrobium fimbriatum Fringed-lipped Dendrobium
- Dendrobium herbaceum
- Dendrobium hookerianum
- Dendrobium lawianum
- Dendrobium macrostachyum Fringed tree orchid
- Dendrobium microbulbon Tiny Dendrobium
- Dendrobium moniliforme Japanese Stone Orchid
- Dendrobium nanum Tiny Dendrobium
- Dendrobium nobile Noble Dendrobium
- Dendrobium nodosum
- Dendrobium ovatum Green Lipped Dendrobium
- Dendrobium rotundatum
- Dendrobium treacherianum
- Dendrobium turbinatum
- Diplomeris pulchella
- Disperis neilgherrensis
- Epipogium roseum Rose Epipogium
- Eria coronaria
- Eulophia diffusiflora
- Eulophia epidendraea
- Eulophia herbacea
- Eulophia nuda
- Eulophia ochreata
- Eulophia picta Shepherds Crook Orchid
- Eulophia pratensis Meadow Eulophia
- Eulophia recurva
- Galearis spathulata
- Gastrochilus distichus
- Gastrochilus pseudodistichus
- Gastrodia elata Tianma VU
- Goodyera biflora
- Goodyera recurva
- Goodyera repens lesser rattlesnake plantain
- Goodyera robusta
- Gymnadenia orchidis
- Habenaria brachyphylla Short-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria commelinifolia Commelina-Leaf Habenaria
- Habenaria crinifera Doll orchid
- Habenaria dentata Phantom Orchid
- Habenaria digitata
- Habenaria diphylla Two-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria foliosa
- Habenaria furcifera
- Habenaria grandifloriformis Single Leaved Habenaria NT
- Habenaria heyneana Toothbrush Orchid
- Habenaria laciniata
- Habenaria longicorniculata long-tailed habenaria
- Habenaria malintana
- Habenaria marginata Golden yellow Habenaria
- Habenaria multicaudata NT
- Habenaria plantaginea Plantain Orchid
- Habenaria rariflora
- Habenaria roxburghii Roxburgh's Habenaria
- Habenaria spencei
- Habenaria stenopetala
- Habenaria suaveolens VU
- Habenaria thailandica
- Hemipilia chusua
- Hemipilia secundiflora
- Herminium lanceum
- Herminium latilabre
- Herminium quinquelobum
- Liparis cathcartii
- Liparis deflexa
- Liparis distans
- Liparis glossula
- Liparis nervosa Pantropical Widelip Orchid
- Liparis odorata fragrant liparis
- Liparis resupinata
- Liparis stricklandiana
- Liparis viridiflora
- Luisia zeylanica
- Malaxis monophyllos White Adder's Mouth
- Neottia listeroides
- Neottia pinetorum
- Nervilia concolor tall shield orchid
- Nervilia infundibulifolia
- Nervilia plicata
- Nervilia simplex
- Oberonia brachystachys
- Oberonia caulescens
- Oberonia chandrasekharanii
- Oberonia falconeri Falconer's Oberonia
- Oberonia jenkinsiana
- Oberonia mucronata
- Oberonia pyrulifera
- Odontochilus crispus
- Odontochilus elwesii
- Odontochilus lanceolatus
- Oreorchis foliosa
- Paphiopedilum insigne Splendid Paphiopedilum EN
- Pecteilis gigantea
- Pecteilis susannae Lady Susan's Orchid
- Peristylus affinis
- Peristylus aristatus
- Peristylus caranjensis
- Peristylus constrictus
- Peristylus densus Dense Peristylus
- Peristylus lawii
- Peristylus plantagineus Plantain Peristylus
- Peristylus stocksii
- Phalaenopsis taenialis
- Pinalia graminifolia
- Pinalia spicata
- Platanthera bakeriana
- Platanthera chlorantha Greater butterfly-orchid
- Platanthera leptocaulon
- Platanthera stenantha
- Platanthera urceolata
- Porpax braccata Breeches Eria
- Porpax exilis
- Porpax filiformis
- Porpax jerdoniana Jerdon's Porpax
- Porpax microchilos
- Porpax reticulata
- Rhynchostylis retusa Foxtail Orchid
- Satyrium nepalense Nepal Satyrium
- Schoenorchis gemmata
- Smithsonia straminea
- Smithsonia viridiflora
- Spathoglottis plicata Philippine Ground Orchid
- Spiranthes sinensis Chinese Spiranthes
- Tainia latifolia
- Tainia minor
- Thunia alba
- Vanda bensonii
- Vanda denisoniana
- Vanda tessellata Checkered Vanda
- Vanda testacea
- Zeuxine gracilis
- Zeuxine longilabris Long-Lipped Zeuxine
- Zeuxine nervosa Vein-leaved Orchid
- Zeuxine strateumatica centipede grass orchid
Orchids elsewhere
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Other species of Maharashtra
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