Orchids of the Western Ghats
214 orchids on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Western Ghats, 7 of them threatened (1 Endangered and 6 Vulnerable) and 71 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.
Threatened orchids of the Western Ghats (7)
- Vanilla planifolia Flat-leaved Vanilla EN
- Benthamia africana VU
- Diplocentrum congestum VU
- Habenaria suaveolens VU
- Peristylus spiralis VU
- Taprobanea spathulata VU
- Vanda wightii VU
Orchids of the Western Ghats endemic to India (71)
- Aenhenrya rotundifolia
- Aerides crispa Curled Aerides
- Aerides maculosa fox brush orchid
- Anoectochilus elatus NT
- Brachycorythis iantha
- Brachycorythis splendida NT
- Brachycorythis wightii DD
- Bulbophyllum aureum Golden Bulb-Leaf Orchid
- Bulbophyllum fimbriatum
- Bulbophyllum fuscopurpureum
- Bulbophyllum kaitiense
- Bulbophyllum mysorense
- Bulbophyllum rheedei
- Bulbophyllum stocksii
- Bulbophyllum tremulum
- Chiloschista glandulosa
- Coelogyne mossiae
- Cylindrolobus pseudoclavicaulis
- Dendrobium anamalayanum
- Dendrobium aqueum
- Dendrobium barbatulum Small Bearded Dendrobium
- Dendrobium gopalanii
- Dendrobium heyneanum
- Dendrobium lawianum
- Dendrobium microbulbon Tiny Dendrobium
- Dendrobium nanum Tiny Dendrobium
- Dendrobium nodosum
- Dendrobium ovatum Green Lipped Dendrobium
- Dendrobium turbinatum
- Diplocentrum congestum VU
- Eulophia diffusiflora
- Eulophia ochreata
- Habenaria barnesii
- Habenaria brachyphylla Short-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria cephalotes Compact Habenaria
- Habenaria elliptica
- Habenaria elwesii
- Habenaria foliosa
- Habenaria grandifloriformis Single Leaved Habenaria NT
- Habenaria heyneana Toothbrush Orchid
- Habenaria laciniata
- Habenaria longicorniculata long-tailed habenaria
- Habenaria longicornu
- Habenaria perrottetiana
- Habenaria rariflora
- Habenaria richardiana
- Habenaria spencei
- Habenaria suaveolens VU
- Liparis alata
- Liparis walakkadensis DD
- Luisia macrantha
- Oberonia chandrasekharanii
- Oberonia josephi
- Oberonia proudlockii
- Oberonia verticillata
- Peristylus brachyphyllus
- Peristylus caranjensis
- Peristylus lancifolius
- Peristylus stocksii
- Pinalia mysorensis
- Pinalia polystachya
- Porpax exilis
- Porpax filiformis
- Porpax jerdoniana Jerdon's Porpax
- Porpax microchilos
- Porpax nana
- Pteroceras indicum
- Robiquetia josephiana
- Smithsonia straminea
- Smithsonia viridiflora
- Vanda sathishii
All orchids of the Western Ghats on the list (214)
- Acampe carinata
- Acampe ochracea
- Acampe praemorsa Wight's Acampe
- Acanthophippium bicolor
- Aenhenrya rotundifolia
- Aerides crispa Curled Aerides
- Aerides maculosa fox brush orchid
- Aerides ringens
- Aerides rosea
- Anoectochilus elatus NT
- Aphyllorchis montana
- Arachnis flos-aeris
- Arachnis labrosa
- Arundina graminifolia Bamboo Orchid
- Benthamia africana VU
- Brachycorythis iantha
- Brachycorythis obcordata
- Brachycorythis splendida NT
- Brachycorythis wightii DD
- Bulbophyllum aureum Golden Bulb-Leaf Orchid
- Bulbophyllum crassipes
- Bulbophyllum fimbriatum
- Bulbophyllum fuscopurpureum
- Bulbophyllum kaitiense
- Bulbophyllum maskeliyense
- Bulbophyllum mysorense
- Bulbophyllum rheedei
- Bulbophyllum sterile Nilgiri Bulbophyllum
- Bulbophyllum stocksii
- Bulbophyllum tremulum
- Calanthe masuca
- Calanthe perrottetii
- Calanthe sylvatica
- Calanthe tankervilleae
- Calanthe triplicata Christmas Orchid
- Cheirostylis flabellata
- Cheirostylis parvifolia
- Chiloschista glandulosa
- Cleisostoma tenuifolium
- Cleisostomopsis filiformis
- Cleisostomopsis roseus
- Coelogyne breviscapa
- Coelogyne imbricata
- Coelogyne mossiae
- Coelogyne nervosa
- Coelogyne odoratissima
- Coelogyne pallida
- Coelogyne prolifera
- Coelogyne stricta
- Corymborkis veratrifolia White cinnamon orchid
- Cottonia peduncularis Long-ray Bee Orchid
- Crepidium mackinnonii
- Crepidium resupinatum
- Crepidium versicolor
- Cylindrolobus pseudoclavicaulis
- Cymbidium aloifolium Aloe-leaved Cymbidium
- Cymbidium bicolor Two-Colored Cymbidium
- Cymbidium ensifolium Four-Season Orchid
- Dendrobium anamalayanum
- Dendrobium aphyllum Hooded Orchid
- Dendrobium aqueum
- Dendrobium barbatulum Small Bearded Dendrobium
- Dendrobium crepidatum Shoe-lipped Dendrobium
- Dendrobium crispum
- Dendrobium crumenatum Dove flower
- Dendrobium gopalanii
- Dendrobium herbaceum
- Dendrobium heyneanum
- Dendrobium jerdonianum
- Dendrobium kallarense
- Dendrobium lawianum
- 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 turbinatum
- Dendrobium wightii
- Didymoplexis pallens Crystal bells
- Dienia ophrydis Common Snout Orchid
- Diplocentrum congestum VU
- Diploprora championii Champion's orchid
- Disperis neilgherrensis
- Disperis oppositifolia
- Disperis tripetaloides Indian Island Bonnet
- Epipogium roseum Rose Epipogium
- Eria coronaria
- Eulophia diffusiflora
- Eulophia epidendraea
- Eulophia flava Yellow Eulophia
- Eulophia graminea Chinese Crown Orchid
- Eulophia herbacea
- Eulophia nuda
- Eulophia ochreata
- Eulophia picta Shepherds Crook Orchid
- Eulophia zollingeri Carrion orchid
- Gastrochilus acaulis
- Goodyera procera Bottlebrush Orchid
- Habenaria barnesii
- Habenaria brachyphylla Short-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria cephalotes Compact Habenaria
- Habenaria commelinifolia Commelina-Leaf Habenaria
- Habenaria crinifera Doll orchid
- Habenaria digitata
- Habenaria diphylla Two-leaved habenaria
- Habenaria elliptica
- Habenaria elwesii
- Habenaria falcigera
- Habenaria foliosa
- Habenaria furcifera
- Habenaria grandifloriformis Single Leaved Habenaria NT
- Habenaria heyneana Toothbrush Orchid
- Habenaria laciniata
- Habenaria lancifolia
- Habenaria longicorniculata long-tailed habenaria
- Habenaria longicornu
- Habenaria marginata Golden yellow Habenaria
- Habenaria perrottetiana
- Habenaria plantaginea Plantain Orchid
- Habenaria rariflora
- Habenaria richardiana
- Habenaria spencei
- Habenaria stenopetala
- Habenaria suaveolens VU
- Habenaria thailandica
- Habenaria undulata
- Habenaria viridiflora
- Liparis alata
- Liparis deflexa
- Liparis elliptica Elliptic Widelip Orchid
- Liparis nervosa Pantropical Widelip Orchid
- Liparis odorata fragrant liparis
- Liparis viridiflora
- Liparis walakkadensis DD
- Luisia birchea
- Luisia macrantha
- Luisia zeylanica
- Malaxis densiflora
- Nervilia concolor tall shield orchid
- Nervilia infundibulifolia
- Nervilia plicata
- Nervilia simplex
- Oberonia brachystachys
- Oberonia brunoniana Brown's Oberonia
- Oberonia caulescens
- Oberonia chandrasekharanii
- Oberonia ensiformis
- Oberonia falconeri Falconer's Oberonia
- Oberonia josephi
- Oberonia mucronata
- Oberonia proudlockii
- Oberonia verticillata
- Oberonia wightiana
- Pachystoma pubescens Pink Thicklip Orchid
- Papilionanthe cylindrica
- Pecteilis gigantea
- Pecteilis susannae Lady Susan's Orchid
- Pelatantheria insectifera
- Peristylus aristatus
- Peristylus brachyphyllus
- Peristylus caranjensis
- Peristylus densus Dense Peristylus
- Peristylus lancifolius
- Peristylus lawii
- Peristylus plantagineus Plantain Peristylus
- Peristylus richardianus
- Peristylus spiralis VU
- Peristylus stocksii
- Phalaenopsis deliciosa
- Phalaenopsis hookeriana
- Pinalia mysorensis
- Pinalia polystachya
- Polystachya concreta yellow helmet orchid
- Porpax albiflora
- Porpax braccata Breeches Eria
- Porpax exilis
- Porpax filiformis
- Porpax jerdoniana Jerdon's Porpax
- Porpax microchilos
- Porpax nana
- Porpax reticulata
- Pteroceras indicum
- Rhynchostylis retusa Foxtail Orchid
- Robiquetia josephiana
- Satyrium nepalense Nepal Satyrium
- Sirhookera lanceolata
- Sirhookera latifolia
- Smithsonia straminea
- Smithsonia viridiflora
- Spathoglottis plicata Philippine Ground Orchid
- Spiranthes australis austral ladies'-tresses
- Spiranthes flexuosa Nepalese Ladies'-tresses
- Spiranthes sinensis Chinese Spiranthes
- Taeniophyllum scaberulum
- Tainia bicornis
- Taprobanea spathulata VU
- Thelasis pygmaea
- Thrixspermum filiforme
- Thrixspermum formosanum
- Thunia alba
- Trichoglottis tenera
- Tropidia angulosa
- Vanda ampullacea
- Vanda sathishii
- Vanda tessellata Checkered Vanda
- Vanda testacea
- Vanda thwaitesii
- Vanda wightii VU
- Vanilla planifolia Flat-leaved Vanilla EN
- Veyretia simplex
- Zeuxine gracilis
- Zeuxine longilabris Long-Lipped Zeuxine
Orchids elsewhere
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Other species of the Western Ghats
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