Orchids of the Trans-Himalaya
149 orchids on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Trans-Himalaya, 5 of them threatened (2 Endangered and 3 Vulnerable).
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.
Threatened orchids of the Trans-Himalaya (5)
- Cypripedium elegans Elegant Cypripedium EN
- Dactylorhiza hatagirea Himalayan Marsh Orchid EN
- Gastrodia elata Tianma VU
- Hemipilia forrestii VU
- Malaxis muscifera VU
All orchids of the Trans-Himalaya on the list (149)
- Agrostophyllum callosum
- Ania penangiana
- Anoectochilus roxburghii
- Anthogonium gracile
- Bambuseria bambusifolia
- Bulbophyllum crabro
- Bulbophyllum elatum
- Bulbophyllum eublepharum
- Bulbophyllum helenae
- Bulbophyllum khasyanum
- Bulbophyllum odoratissimum
- Bulbophyllum pectinatum
- Bulbophyllum reptans
- Bulbophyllum retusiusculum
- Bulbophyllum roseopictum
- Bulbophyllum umbellatum
- Calanthe alismifolia
- Calanthe brevicornu
- Calanthe mannii
- Calanthe obcordata
- Calanthe puberula
- Calanthe tankervilleae
- Calanthe woodfordii
- Cephalanthera longifolia Narrow-leaved Helleborine
- Cleisostoma racemiferum
- Cleisostoma simondii Bee Orchid
- Coelogyne alba
- Coelogyne articulata
- Coelogyne corymbosa
- Coelogyne fimbriata Brown Rock Orchid
- Coelogyne fusca
- Coelogyne imbricata
- Coelogyne longipes
- Coelogyne nitida
- Coelogyne ovalis
- Coelogyne prolifera
- Coelogyne protracta
- Cremastra appendiculata
- Crepidium acuminatum
- Crepidium purpureum
- Cryptochilus luteus
- Cymbidium elegans
- Cymbidium erythraeum
- Cymbidium gammieanum
- Cymbidium hookerianum
- Cymbidium iridioides
- Cymbidium lancifolium Bamboo-leaf orchid
- Cypripedium elegans Elegant Cypripedium EN
- Cypripedium tibeticum Tibetan Lady's Slipper Orchid
- Cyrtosia lindleyana
- Dactylorhiza hatagirea Himalayan Marsh Orchid EN
- Dactylorhiza kafiriana Nuristan Marsh Orchid
- Dactylorhiza viridis Frog Orchid
- Dendrobium amplum
- Dendrobium aphyllum Hooded Orchid
- Dendrobium chrysanthum
- Dendrobium denneanum
- Dendrobium densiflorum Densely flowered Dendrobium
- Dendrobium denudans
- Dendrobium eriiflorum
- Dendrobium fimbriatum Fringed-lipped Dendrobium
- Dendrobium gibsonii
- Dendrobium hookerianum
- Dendrobium longicornu Long-horned Dendrobium
- Dendrobium moniliforme Japanese Stone Orchid
- Dendrobium nobile Noble Dendrobium
- Dendrobium rotundatum
- Epipactis helleborine Broad-leaved helleborine
- Epipactis royleana Himalayan Red Helleborine
- Epipactis veratrifolia Eastern Marsh Helleborine
- Epipogium roseum Rose Epipogium
- Eria coronaria
- Eria vittata
- Galearis roborowskyi
- Galearis spathulata
- Gastrochilus dasypogon
- Gastrochilus distichus
- Gastrochilus pseudodistichus
- Gastrodia elata Tianma VU
- Goodyera fusca
- Goodyera procera Bottlebrush Orchid
- Gymnadenia orchidis
- Habenaria diphylla Two-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria malintana
- Hemipilia chusua
- Hemipilia forrestii VU
- Hemipilia puberula
- Hemipilia secundiflora
- Herminium gracile
- Herminium josephi
- Herminium lanceum
- Herminium latilabre
- Herminium macrophyllum
- Herminium monorchis Musk Orchid
- Herminium quinquelobum
- Herpysma longicaulis
- Liparis bootanensis Bhutan Widelip Orchid
- Liparis caespitosa
- Liparis cathcartii
- Liparis delicatula
- Liparis elliptica Elliptic Widelip Orchid
- Liparis glossula
- Liparis nervosa Pantropical Widelip Orchid
- Liparis odorata fragrant liparis
- Liparis resupinata
- Liparis stricklandiana
- Liparis viridiflora
- Malaxis monophyllos White Adder's Mouth
- Malaxis muscifera VU
- Neottia acuminata Asian neottia
- Neottia listeroides
- Neottia pinetorum
- Nervilia concolor tall shield orchid
- Oberonia acaulis
- Oberonia anthropophora
- Oberonia caulescens
- Oberonia falconeri Falconer's Oberonia
- Oberonia mucronata
- Oberonia pyrulifera
- Odontochilus elwesii
- Odontochilus lanceolatus
- Odontochilus pumilus
- Oreorchis foliosa
- Peristylus constrictus
- Phalaenopsis taenialis
- Pinalia graminifolia
- Pinalia spicata
- Platanthera bakeriana
- Platanthera leptocaulon
- Platanthera pachycaulon
- Platanthera stenantha
- Platanthera stenochila
- Platanthera urceolata
- Pleione hookeriana
- Pleione praecox
- Podochilus cultratus
- Pomatocalpa spicatum
- Satyrium nepalense Nepal Satyrium
- Schoenorchis gemmata
- Spathoglottis ixioides
- Spiranthes flexuosa Nepalese Ladies'-tresses
- Spiranthes sinensis Chinese Spiranthes
- Tainia latifolia
- Tainia minor
- Trichotosia pulvinata
- Tropidia curculigoides
- Tropidia maxwellii
- Vanda flavobrunnea
- Zeuxine nervosa Vein-leaved Orchid
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Other species of the Trans-Himalaya
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