Orchids of Tamil Nadu
157 orchids on the India list have an open record placed in Tamil Nadu, 6 of them threatened (1 Critically Endangered, 1 Endangered and 4 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 Tamil Nadu (6)
- Paphiopedilum druryi Drury’s Paphiopedilum CR
- Gastrochilus flabelliformis EN
- Benthamia africana VU
- Peristylus spiralis VU
- Taprobanea spathulata VU
- Vanda wightii VU
Orchids of Tamil Nadu endemic to India (51)
- Aerides crispa Curled Aerides
- Aerides maculosa fox brush orchid
- Anoectochilus elatus NT
- Brachycorythis iantha
- Brachycorythis splendida NT
- Brachycorythis wightii DD
- Bulbophyllum fimbriatum
- Bulbophyllum kaitiense
- Bulbophyllum mysorense
- Bulbophyllum proudlockii
- Bulbophyllum stocksii
- Bulbophyllum tremulum
- Chiloschista glandulosa
- Coelogyne mossiae
- Cylindrolobus pseudoclavicaulis
- 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 barnesii
- Habenaria brachyphylla Short-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria cephalotes Compact Habenaria
- Habenaria elliptica
- Habenaria foliosa
- Habenaria heyneana Toothbrush Orchid
- Habenaria longicorniculata long-tailed habenaria
- Habenaria longicornu
- Habenaria perrottetiana
- Habenaria rariflora
- Liparis alata
- Liparis walakkadensis DD
- Luisia megamalaiana
- Malaxis intermedia
- Oberonia chandrasekharanii
- Oberonia platycaulon
- Oberonia verticillata
- Paphiopedilum druryi Drury’s Paphiopedilum CR
- Peristylus brachyphyllus
- Peristylus lancifolius
- Pinalia polystachya
- Porpax filiformis
- Porpax jerdoniana Jerdon's Porpax
- Porpax microchilos
- Porpax nana
- Robiquetia josephiana
- Smithsonia maculata NT
All orchids of Tamil Nadu on the list (157)
- Acampe praemorsa Wight's Acampe
- Aerides crispa Curled Aerides
- Aerides maculosa fox brush orchid
- Aerides ringens
- Anoectochilus elatus NT
- Aphyllorchis montana
- Arundina graminifolia Bamboo Orchid
- Benthamia africana VU
- Brachycorythis iantha
- Brachycorythis obcordata
- Brachycorythis splendida NT
- Brachycorythis wightii DD
- Bulbophyllum fimbriatum
- Bulbophyllum kaitiense
- Bulbophyllum mysorense
- Bulbophyllum proudlockii
- Bulbophyllum sterile Nilgiri Bulbophyllum
- Bulbophyllum stocksii
- Bulbophyllum tremulum
- Calanthe masuca
- Calanthe perrottetii
- Calanthe sylvatica
- Calanthe triplicata Christmas Orchid
- Cheirostylis flabellata
- Chiloschista glandulosa
- Cleisostoma tenuifolium
- Cleisostomopsis filiformis
- Cleisostomopsis roseus
- Coelogyne breviscapa
- Coelogyne imbricata
- Coelogyne mossiae
- Coelogyne nervosa
- Coelogyne odoratissima
- Coelogyne prolifera
- Coelogyne stricta
- Cottonia peduncularis Long-ray Bee Orchid
- Crepidium resupinatum
- Crepidium rheedei
- Crepidium versicolor
- Cylindrolobus pseudoclavicaulis
- Cymbidium aloifolium Aloe-leaved Cymbidium
- Cymbidium bicolor Two-Colored Cymbidium
- Cymbidium ensifolium Four-Season Orchid
- Dendrobium anamalayanum
- Dendrobium aqueum
- Dendrobium barbatulum Small Bearded Dendrobium
- Dendrobium crumenatum Dove flower
- Dendrobium gopalanii
- Dendrobium herbaceum
- Dendrobium heterocarpum
- Dendrobium macraei
- Dendrobium macrostachyum Fringed tree orchid
- 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
- Disperis oppositifolia
- Disperis tripetaloides Indian Island Bonnet
- Epipogium roseum Rose Epipogium
- Eria coronaria
- Eulophia epidendraea
- Eulophia flava Yellow Eulophia
- Eulophia graminea Chinese Crown Orchid
- 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 barnesii
- Habenaria brachyphylla Short-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria cephalotes Compact Habenaria
- Habenaria crinifera Doll orchid
- Habenaria elliptica
- Habenaria foliosa
- Habenaria heyneana Toothbrush Orchid
- Habenaria lancifolia
- Habenaria longicorniculata long-tailed habenaria
- Habenaria longicornu
- Habenaria marginata Golden yellow Habenaria
- Habenaria perrottetiana
- Habenaria plantaginea Plantain Orchid
- Habenaria rariflora
- Habenaria roxburghii Roxburgh's Habenaria
- Habenaria trichosantha
- Habenaria undulata
- Habenaria viridiflora
- Hetaeria oblongifolia Hairy jewel orchid
- Liparis alata
- Liparis atropurpurea
- Liparis barbata
- Liparis elliptica Elliptic Widelip Orchid
- Liparis nervosa Pantropical Widelip Orchid
- Liparis viridiflora
- Liparis walakkadensis DD
- Luisia megamalaiana
- Malaxis densiflora
- Malaxis intermedia
- Nervilia infundibulifolia
- Nervilia plicata
- Nervilia simplex
- Oberonia brachystachys
- Oberonia brunoniana Brown's Oberonia
- Oberonia chandrasekharanii
- Oberonia ensiformis
- Oberonia platycaulon
- Oberonia verticillata
- Oberonia wightiana
- Paphiopedilum druryi Drury’s Paphiopedilum CR
- Pecteilis gigantea
- Pecteilis susannae Lady Susan's Orchid
- Peristylus brachyphyllus
- Peristylus densus Dense Peristylus
- Peristylus goodyeroides
- Peristylus lancifolius
- Peristylus richardianus
- Peristylus spiralis VU
- Phalaenopsis deliciosa
- Pinalia polystachya
- Platanthera longicalcarata
- Polystachya concreta yellow helmet orchid
- Porpax braccata Breeches Eria
- Porpax filiformis
- Porpax jerdoniana Jerdon's Porpax
- Porpax microchilos
- Porpax nana
- Rhynchostylis retusa Foxtail Orchid
- Robiquetia gracilis
- Robiquetia josephiana
- Satyrium nepalense Nepal Satyrium
- Sirhookera lanceolata
- Sirhookera latifolia
- Smithsonia maculata NT
- Spathoglottis plicata Philippine Ground Orchid
- Spiranthes australis austral ladies'-tresses
- Spiranthes flexuosa Nepalese Ladies'-tresses
- Spiranthes sinensis Chinese Spiranthes
- Taeniophyllum scaberulum
- Tainia bicornis
- Tainia dunnii Dunn's Tainia
- Taprobanea spathulata VU
- Thrixspermum filiforme
- Thrixspermum formosanum
- Trichoglottis tenera
- Tropidia angulosa
- Vanda ampullacea
- Vanda tessellata Checkered Vanda
- Vanda testacea
- Vanda wightii VU
- Veyretia simplex
- Zeuxine longilabris Long-Lipped Zeuxine
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Other species of Tamil Nadu
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