Orchids of the semi-arid zone
23 orchids on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the semi-arid zone, 3 endemic to India.
A species is in a region when a GBIF record of it is placed there (the biogeographic zones of the Wildlife Institute of India). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Orchids of the semi-arid zone endemic to India (3)
- Aerides crispa Curled Aerides
- Aerides maculosa fox brush orchid
- Eulophia ochreata
All orchids of the semi-arid zone on the list (23)
- Aerides crispa Curled Aerides
- Aerides maculosa fox brush orchid
- Calanthe brevicornu
- Cephalanthera longifolia Narrow-leaved Helleborine
- Cymbidium aloifolium Aloe-leaved Cymbidium
- Dendrobium aphyllum Hooded Orchid
- Eria coronaria
- Eulophia ochreata
- Habenaria digitata
- Habenaria furcifera
- Herminium lanceum
- Nervilia concolor tall shield orchid
- Oberonia acaulis
- Peristylus constrictus
- Peristylus goodyeroides
- Peristylus lawii
- Pteroceras teres
- Rhynchostylis retusa Foxtail Orchid
- Spathoglottis plicata Philippine Ground Orchid
- Vanda cristata
- Vanda tessellata Checkered Vanda
- Vanda testacea
- Zeuxine strateumatica centipede grass orchid
Orchids elsewhere
India · Andaman and Nicobar · Andhra Pradesh · Arunachal Pradesh · Assam · Bihar · Chhattisgarh · Delhi · Goa · Gujarat · Himachal Pradesh · Jammu and Kashmir · Jharkhand · Karnataka · Kerala · Ladakh · Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra · Manipur · Meghalaya · Mizoram · Nagaland · Odisha · Puducherry · Punjab · Rajasthan · Sikkim · Tamil Nadu · Telangana · Tripura · Uttar Pradesh · Uttarakhand · West Bengal · Trans-Himalaya · Himalaya · Desert · Western Ghats · Deccan Peninsula · Gangetic Plain · Coasts · North-East · Islands
Other species of the semi-arid zone
Birds · Large mammals · Bats · Rodents, shrews and hares · Whales, dolphins and other mammals · Reptiles · Amphibians · Fish · Butterflies · Moths · Dragonflies and damselflies · Beetles · Bees, wasps and ants · Flies · True bugs · Other insects · Spiders and other arachnids · Molluscs · Crabs, shrimps and kin · Grasses and sedges · Ferns and lycophytes · Other flowering plants and conifers · Mosses and liverworts · Lichens · Fungi · Algae and diatoms · Other species