Distribution of orchid species

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This page lists orchid species according to their respective distribution range.

Africa only[]

• (Seychelles, N. Madagascar)
• (Seychelles)
• Ancistrochilus rothschildianus (W. Trop. Africa to Uganda)
• (S. Nigeria to WC. Trop. Africa)

China only, including Taiwan and Hainan[]

Cypripedium bardolphianum var. bardolphianum Cypripedium bardolphianum var. zhongdianense

Cypripedium franchetii (C & SC China) Cypripedium froschii Cypripedium henryi (C China)

Pleione formosana (SE. China, N. & C. Taiwan) Pleione limprichtii (China - C. Sichuan) (China - Guangdong). Pleione pleionoides (C. China)

Northeast China only[]

• (Manchuria)
• (Manchuria)
• (Manchuria)
• (Manchuria)
• (Manchuria)

Tibet, Southwest, South-Central China only[]

(Yunnan, China South-Central) Cypripedium flavum (SE Tibet, SC China) (Yunnan, China South-Central) (SE. Tibet) (SE. Tibet) (SE Tibet) Paphiopedilum barbigerum (Southeast Yunnan, Southwest Guizhou, Guangxi) Paphiopedilum dianthum (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guizhou, W. Guangxi)

Paphiopedilum emersonii (SE. Yunnan, S. Guizhou, Guangxi) Paphiopedilum emersonii f. luteum (SE. Yunnan) Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. chiwuanum (Yunnan) Paphiopedilum malipoense var. angustatum (Yunnan) Paphiopedilum malipoense f. concolor (Yunnan) Paphiopedilum purpuratum (S.China to Hainan) Paphiopedilum purpuratum var. hainanense (Hainan) Paphiopedilum purpuratum var. purpuratum (Yunnan, Hong Kong, Guangdong)

(SE. Guangxi) Paphiopedilum tigrinum (W. Yunnan) Paphiopedilum wardii var. teestaensis (SW. YunNan) (China - W. Yunnan) (China - Yunnan) (C. China to SE. Tibet) Pleione chunii (S. China)

Taiwan only[]

• Cypripedium formosanum (C Taiwan)
• (EC Taiwan)

China through Korea, Japan[]

• (Japan, Taiwan, China)
• Cypripedium japonicum (China, Korea, Japan)
• Cypripedium shanxiense (China to N Japan)

China through Southeast Asia[]

• (China (SW Sichuan, NW Yunnan), NE Myanmar)
• (N Myanmar to SC China)
• Paphiopedilum appletonianum (Indochina to Hainan)
• Paphiopedilum armeniacum (western Yunnan to northern Myanmar)
• Paphiopedilum bellatulum (Southeast Yunnan, Guizhou, South Guangxi to Indochina)
• Paphiopedilum charlesworthii (N. Myanmar to China - Yunnan)
• Paphiopedilum concolor (China - YunNan, Guizhou, Guangxi to Indo-China)
• (China - YunNan to Viet Nam)
• Paphiopedilum henryanum (China - SE. YunNan, Guangxi to N. Vietnam)
  • Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. esquirolei (China - YunNan, Guizhou, Guangxi to N. & E. Indo-China)
• Paphiopedilum malipoense (S. China to N. Viet Nam)
  • Paphiopedilum malipoense var. jackii (H.S.Hua) Aver. (SE Yunnan to N. Vietnam)
• Paphiopedilum malipoense var. malipoense (China - SE. YunNan, SW. Guizhou, SW. Guangxi to N. Viet Nam)
• Paphiopedilum micranthum (China - SE. YunNan, W. & N. Guangxi, W. Guizhou to N. Viet Nam)
• Paphiopedilum wardii (China - SW. YunNan to Myanmar)
• Paphiopedilum villosum var. annamense (Yunnan, Guangxi to Indo-China)
• (China - W. Yunnan to N. Myanmar)
• Pleione forrestii (China - NW. Yunnan)- to N. Myanmar)
• (China (- S. Yunnan to NW. Vietnam)
• (SC. China to N. Myanmar)

Himalaya endemic[]

• (Assam)
• (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh)
• Paphiopedilum insigne (Assam - Meghalaya)
• Paphiopedilum venustum (E. Nepal to NE. Bangladesh)
• (C. Nepal)

Southern India, Sri Lanka endemic[]

• Adrorhizon purpurascens (South India and Sri Lanka)
• Paphiopedilum druryi (S. India)
• (Sri Lanka)

South Asia through Himalaya through China, including Hainan[]

• (Nepal to Hainan)
• (N Pakistan to Himalaya, S Tibet)
• Cypripedium elegans (E Nepal to China)
• (SE Tibet to Himalaya)
• Cypripedium tibeticum (Sikkim to C China)
• Paphiopedilum fairrieanum (E. Himalaya to Assam)
• Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum (Assam to S. China)
• Paphiopedilum parishii (Assam to China - W. YunNan)
• Paphiopedilum villosum (Assam to S. China)
• (C. Himalaya to China - W. Yunnan)
• Pleione praecox (WC. Himalaya to China - S. Yunnan)
• (E. Bhutan to China - NW. Yunnan)
• (India - NE. Arunachal Pradesh to China - NW. Yunnan)

South Asia through Himalaya to Southeast Asia, possibly Pacific Islands[]

• Acanthephippium bicolor (S. India, Sri Lanka, New Guinea)
• (E. Himalaya to Java)
• (Sikkim to Philippines)
• (E. Himalaya to Indo-China)
• (Himalaya to Indo-China)
• Arundina graminifolia (India, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, South China to Indonesia and across the Pacific Islands)
• Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum var. hirsutissimum (Assam to Myanmar)
• Paphiopedilum spicerianum (Bhutan to NW. Myanmar)
• Paphiopedilum villosum var. villosum (Assam to Thailand)
• (Nepal to China - SE. Yunnan to N. Guangdong- to Indo-China)
• (C. Himalaya to Myanmar)

Southeast Asia only[]

• (Thailand, Vietnam)
• (Vietnam, S. Sumatra to Java)
• (Pen. Thailand to Malaysia)
• (Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Islands)
  • Dendrochilum pallidiflavens var. pallidiflavens (Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Islands)
• (Pen. Thailand to Sumatra)
• Paphiopedilum callosum (Indo-China to NW. Pen. Malaysia)
  • Paphiopedilum callosum var. callosum (Indo-China)
  • Paphiopedilum callosum var. warnerianum (Pen. Thailand to NW. Pen. Malaysia)
• (Myanmar)
• Paphiopedilum gratrixianum (Laos to Viet Nam)
• Paphiopedilum niveum (Pen. Thailand to N. Pen. Malaysia)
• Paphiopedilum philippinense (Philippines to N. Borneo)
  • Paphiopedilum philippinense var. philippinense (Philippines to N. Borneo)
• (Myanmar)
  • Paphiopedilum villosum var. boxallii (Myanmar)

Continental Malaysia only[]

• (W. Malaysia)
• (W. Malaysia)
• (W. Malesia)
• (W. Malaysia)
• Agrostophyllum stipulatum subsp. bicuspidatum (W. Malaysia)
• (W. Malaysia)
• (Malaysia)
• (Malaysia)
• (Malaysia)
  • Dendrochilum gracile var. gracile (Malaysia)
• (Malaysia)
• Paphiopedilum bullenianum (Malaysia)
• Paphiopedilum bullenianum var. bullenianum (W. Malaysia)
• Paphiopedilum lowii (W. & C. Malesia)
• Paphiopedilum lowii var. lowii (W. & C. Malaysia)

Indonesia only, including whole of Borneo[]

• H.A.Pedersen 1995 publ. 1996 (Lesser Sunda Islands)
• Paphiopedilum javanicum (Sumatra to Lesser Sunda Is.)
• Paphiopedilum javanicum var. javanicum (Sumatra to Lesser Sunda Is.)
• Paphiopedilum liemianum (N. Sumatra)
• Paphiopedilum mastersianum (Lesser Sunda Is. to Maluku)
• Paphiopedilum mastersianum var. mastersianum (Maluku - Ambon, Buru)
• Paphiopedilum mastersianum var. mohrianum (Lesser Sunda Is. (Flores)

Borneo only[]

(Sarawak) (Sarawak) (N. Borneo) (Borneo) (N. Borneo) ((Kalimantan) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) Dendrochilum cruciforme var. cruciforme (Borneo) Dendrochilum cruciforme var. longicuspum (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) Dendrochilum gracile var. bicornutum (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) Dendrochilum haslamii var. haslamii (Borneo) Dendrochilum haslamii var. quadrilobum (Borneo) (Borneo)

(Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) Dendrochilum kingii var. tenuichilum (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) Dendrochilum pallidiflavens var. brevilabratum (Borneo) Dendrochilum pallidiflavens var. oblongum (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo)

Dendrobium parthenium (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) Dendrochilum tenompokense var. papillilabium (Borneo) Dendrochilum tenompokense var. tenompokense (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) (Borneo) Paphiopedilum dayanum Paphiopedilum hookerae var. volonteanum (Sabah) Paphiopedilum hookerae Paphiopedilum hookerae Paphiopedilum hookerae var. hookerae (Sarawak, West Kalimantan) Paphiopedilum hookerae var. volonteanum (Sabah) Paphiopedilum javanicum var. virens (Sabah to N. Sarawak) Paphiopedilum kolopakingii (C. Kalimantan) (Sarawak, Sabah) Paphiopedilum lowii var. lynniae Paphiopedilum ooii Paphiopedilum rothschildianum (Mt. Kinabalu) Paphiopedilum sanderianum (Gunung Mulu) Paphiopedilum stonei (Borneo - Sarawak). Paphiopedilum stonei var. platyphyllum (Sarawak) Paphiopedilum stonei var. stonei (S. Sarawak) (Sabah) (SE. Kalimantan)

Java endemic[]

• ( W. & C. Java)
• (Java)
• Dendrochilum abbreviatum var. abbreviatum (Java)
• Dendrochilum abbreviatum var. remiforme (Java)
• (Java)
  • Dendrochilum edentulum var. edentulum (Java)
• (Java)
• (Java)
• (Java)
• Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum (E. Java)
• Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum var. glaucophyllum (E. Java)
• Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum var. moquetteanum (SW. Java)

Sulawesi endemics, Malukus endemics, and species endemic to both[]

• (Maluku - Ambon)
• (Maluku - Ambon)
• (Sulawesi)
• (Maluku)
• (Sulawesi)
• (Sulawesi)
• (Sulawesi)
• Dendrochilum edentulum var. patentibracteatum (Sulawesi)
• (Sulawesi)
• (Sulawesi)
• (Sulawesi)
• (Sulawesi)
• (Sulawesi)
• (Sulawesi)
• (Sulawesi)
• (Sulawesi)
• (Sulawesi)
• (Sulawesi)
• Paphiopedilum bullenianum var. celebesense (Sulawesi to Maluku)
• (SC. Sulawesi)
• (Sulawesi)
• Paphiopedilum lowii var. richardianum (Sulawesi)
• Paphiopedilum sangii (N. Sulawesi)
• (Sulawesi to Maluku)

Sumatra only[]

(Sumatra) (W. Sumatra) (Sumatra) (W. Sumatra) (Sumatra) Dendrochilum acuminatum var. acuminatum (Sumatra) Dendrochilum acuminatum var. laxum (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra)

(Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) J.J.Sm. 1922 (Sumatra) J.J.Sm. 1922 (Sumatra) Ridl. 1923 (Sumatra) J.J.Wood & J.B.Comber 1995 (Sumatra) Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) 1907 (Sumatra) J.J.Sm. 1922 (Sumatra) Schltr. 1912 (Sumatra) Schltr. 1911 (Sumatra) Kraenzl. 1893 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum micholitzianum var. longispicatum Schltr. 1911 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum micholitzianum var. micholitzianum (Sumatra) Schltr. 1911 (Sumatra) (Sumatra) J.J.Sm. 1922 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum ophiopogonoides var. kerintjiense J.J.Sm. 1932 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum ophiopogonoides var. merapiense J.J.Sm. 1922 (Sumatra) Dendrochilum ophiopogonoides var. ophiopogonoides (Sumatra)

(Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) Paphiopedilum primulinum (S. Aceh) (Sumatra) (Sumatra) Paphiopedilum primulinum var. primulinum (S. Aceh) Paphiopedilum primulinum var. purpurascens (S. Aceh) Paphiopedilum superbiens (N. & W. Sumatra) (N. & W. Sumatra) Paphiopedilum victoria-mariae (W. Sumatra) Paphiopedilum victoria-regina (W. Sumatra)

Species native to more than one of the following: Western Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, the Philippines and Taiwan[]

• Acanthephippium javanicum (W. Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, New Guinea)
• (Sulawesi to SW. Pacific, New Guinea)
• (Sumatra to Java)
• (S. Taiwan to Philippines)
• (N. Borneo to Philippines)
• (W. Sumatra, Borneo)
• (Sumatra, Borneo)
• (Malaysia, Sumatra)
• (Sumatra, Java)
• (Malaysia, Borneo)
• (Java, Sumatra)
• (Sumatra, Borneo)
• (Java, Sulawesi)
• (Sumatra, Java)
• Dendrochilum glumaceum (Philippines, Borneo)
• (Malaysia, Borneo to Philippines)
• Dendrochilum kingii var. kingii (Malaysia, Borneo to Philippines)
• Dendrochilum longifolium (Indonesia, Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea)
• (Malaysia, Sumatra)
• (Malaysia, Sumatra)
• (Sumatra, Java, Malaysia, Lesser Sunda Islands)
• (Philippines, Taiwan)
  • Dendrochilum uncatum var. uncatum(Philippines, Taiwan)
• J.J.Sm. 1904 (Sumatra, Java)

Philippines only[]

Acanthephippium mantinianum Agrostophyllum philippinense Dendrochilum anfractum Dendrochilum javieriense

(Philippines) Dendrochilum magnum (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) Dendrochilum parvulum var. parvulum (Philippines) Dendrochilum parvulum var. strictiforme (Philippines) (Philippines) Dendrochilum perplexum var. montanum (Philippines) Dendrochilum perplexum var. perplexum (Philippines) (Philippines) Dendrochilum philippinense var. philippinense (Philippines) Dendrochilum philippinense var. purpureum (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines) Dendrochilum pumilum var. pumilum (Philippines) Dendrochilum pumilum var. recurvum (Philippines) (Philippines) (Philippines)

Paphiopedilum acmodontum Paphiopedilum adductum Paphiopedilum argus Paphiopedilum ciliolare Paphiopedilum fowliei Paphiopedilum haynaldianum Paphiopedilum hennisianum Paphiopedilum philippinense Paphiopedilum urbanianum

Thailand only[]

• (Thailand)
  • Paphiopedilum callosum var. potentianum
• Paphiopedilum exul (Pen. Thailand)
• Paphiopedilum godefroyae (Pen. Thailand)
• Paphiopedilum sukhakulii (NE. Thailand)
• (Kanchanaburi)

Vietnam only[]

• Paphiopedilum delenatii (SE. Viet Nam)
• Paphiopedilum helenae (N. Vietnam - Cao Bang Prov)
• Paphiopedilum tranlienianum (Viet Nam).
  • Paphiopedilum tranlienianum f. alboviride (Viet Nam)
• Paphiopedilum vietnamense (Viet Nam)
• (SC. Vietnam)

Southeast Asia through New Guinea and Pacific Islands[]

• Agrostophyllum elongatum (Malaysia to W. Pacific)
• (Pen. Thailand to Vanuatu)
• (Indo-China, Malaysia to Solomon Is.)
• (Maluku to New Guinea)
• Agrostophyllum stipulatum subsp. stipulatum (Indo-China, Malaysia to Solomon Is.)

Europe through Asia[]

• Cypripedium calceolus (Europe to Japan)
• Cypripedium macranthum (E Belarus to temperate E Asia)

New Guinea and adjacent islands only[]

(New Guinea) (New Guinea) (Papua New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum brachiatum var. brachiatum (New Guinea) Agrostophyllum brachiatum var. latibrachiatum (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea, Bismarck Archipel) Agrostophyllum crassicaule var. bismarckiense (Bismarck Arch.) Agrostophyllum crassicaule var. crassicaule (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea)

(New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (Papua New Guinea) (New Guinea) (Papua New Guinea) (New Guinea)

(New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) (New Guinea) Paphiopedilum glanduliferum (NW. New Guinea) (New Guinea) (N. & E. New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. - Manus I.) (C. New Guinea)

New Guinea through Pacific Islands[]

• (New Guinea to Solomon Is.)
• (New Guinea to Vanuatu)
• (New Guinea to SW. Pacific)
• (New Guinea to W. Pacific)
• ( New Guinea to Solomon Is.)
• (New Guinea to Solomon Is.)
• (New Guinea to S. Vanuatu)

Pacific Islands endemic[]

• (Fiji)
• (Caroline Is.)
• (Caroline Is. - Palau)
• Earina aestivalis (New Zealand)
• Earina autumnalis (New Zealand)
• Earina mucronata (New Zealand)
• Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum (Solomon Islands)
  • Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum var. bougainvilleanum (North Solomons)
  • Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum var. saskianum (South Solomons)
• Paphiopedilum wentworthianum (Solomon Is.)

North America only[]

• Arethusa bulbosa (Eastern Canada, Eastern North America)
• Cypripedium acaule (C. and E. Canada, NC & E U.S.A)
• Cypripedium × andrewsii (C. candidum × C. parviflorum var. pubescens) (E Canada, NC & NE U.S.A)
• Cypripedium arietinum (C & E Canada, NC & NE U.S.A)
• Cypripedium candidum (SE Canada, NC & E U.S.A)
• (W Canada, NW U.S.A)
• Cypripedium fasciculatum (W U.S.A)
• Cypripedium kentuckiense (C & E U.S.A)
• Cypripedium parviflorum (Canada, E U.S.A).
• Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum (Canada, E U.S.A.)
• Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (N. America)
• Cypripedium passerinum (Alaska to Canada, Montana)
• Cypripedium reginae (C & E Canada, NC & E. U.S.A)

Pacific Coast only[]

• (Alaska)
• Cypripedium californicum (Oregon, N. California)
• Cypripedium montanum (Alaska to California)

Canadian Prairies only[]

• (Manitoba, Canada)

Mexico endemics[]

• Alamania punicea (Mexico)
• Artorima erubescens (Mexico)
• Burnsbaloghia diaphana (Mexico)
• Cypripedium molle (Mexico)
• Dithyridanthus densiflorus (Mexico)
• Hintonella mexicana (Mexico)
• Mexicoa ghiesbreghtiana (Mexico)
• Papperitzia leiboldii (Mexico)
• Pseudocranichis thysanochila (Mexico)

Mexico through Central and South America endemics[]

• Brassavola cucullata (Mexico to N. South America)
• Brassavola nodosa (Mexico to Trop. America: Belize)
• Brassavola venosa (SE. Mexico to C. America)
• Cypripedium dickinsonianum (Mexico (S Chiapas) to Guatemala)
• Cypripedium irapeanum (Mexico to Honduras)
• Mexipedium xerophyticum (Oaxaca, Mexico)
• (Mexico - Chiapas to Guatemala)

Central America and Caribbean Islands[]

• (C. America: Belize)
• Brassavola subulifolia (Jamaica)
• (Trinidad)
• (Jamaica)
• Cattleya dowiana (Costa Rica)
• (Costa Rica to Panama)

Central America and Caribbean Islands through South America[]

• (C. America to Colombia)
• Cattleya aurea (S. Panama to Colombia)
• Cattleya gaskelliana (Colombia to Trinidad)
• Phragmipedium longifolium (Costa Rica to Ecuador)

Pantropical South America endemics[]

includes all tropical regions in South America:

• Brassavola martiana (S. Trop. America)

Andes endemics[]

includes portions of countries along the Andean cordillera: Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia.

• Cattleya iricolor (Ecuador to Peru)

Northern South America endemics[]

spans several of these entities: Venezuela, Guyana, French Guyana, and northern parts of Brazil, Peru, and Argentina.

• (French Guiana, Brazil)
• (Venezuela, N. Brazil to Peru)
• Brassavola tuberculata (Brazil to Peru and NE. Argentina)
• Cattleya jenmanii (Venezuela to Guyana)
• Cattleya lawrenceana (Venezuela, Guyana, N. Brazil)
• Cattleya lueddemanniana (N. Venezuela)
• Phragmipedium klotzschianum (SE. Venezuela to Guyana and N. Brazil)
• Phragmipedium lindenii (Venezuela to Ecuador)
• Phragmipedium lindleyanum (N. South America to Brazil - Pernambuco)
• Phragmipedium tetzlaffianum (Venezuela)
• (Brazil, Venezuela)

Southern South America endemics[]

spans several of these entities: southern Brazil, and the countries Paraguay and Uruguay.

• Cattleya intermedia (SE. & S. Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
• Cattleya loddigesii (SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina)
• Cattleya loddigesii subsp. loddigesii (SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina)

Bolivia only[]

• Phragmipedium caricinum (Bolivia)

Brazil endemics[]

• (Brazil)
• (Brazil)
• Brassavola flagellaris (Brazil)
• (Brazil)
• (Brazil)
• (Brazil)
• (WC. & S. Brazil)
• Cattleya aclandiae (Brazil)
• Cattleya amethystoglossa (Brazil)
• Cattleya bicolor (SE. Brazil)
  • Cattleya bicolor subsp. bicolor (Brazil)
  • Cattleya bicolor subsp. canastrensis (Brazil)
  • Cattleya bicolor subsp. minasgeraiensis (Brazil)
• Cattleya dormaniana (Brazil)
• Cattleya elongata (Brazil)
• Cattleya forbesii (Brazil)
• Cattleya granulosa (Brazil)
• Cattleya guttata (Brazil).
• Cattleya harrisoniana (SE. Brazil).
• Cattleya kerrii (Brazil).
• Cattleya labiata (Brazil)
  • Cattleya loddigesii subsp. purpurea (Brazil)
• Cattleya porphyroglossa (Brazil).
• Cattleya schilleriana (Brazil).
• Cattleya schofieldiana (Brazil)
• Cattleya tenuis (NE. Brazil).
• Cattleya tigrina (SE. & S. Brazil)
• (Brazil)
• Cattleya walkeriana (WC. & SE. Brazil)
• (N. Brazil)
• Cattleya warneri (E. Brazil)
• Phragmipedium chapadense
• Phragmipedium vittatum (WC. & SE. Brazil)

Colombia endemics[]

• (Colombia)
• Cattleya candida (Colombia)
• Cattleya mendelii (NE. Colombia)
• (NE. Colombia)
• Cattleya trianae (Colombia)
• Cattleya warscewiczii (Colombia)
• Phragmipedium schlimii

Colombia through Ecuador[]

• Phragmipedium warszewiczianum

Ecuador only[]

• Phragmipedium besseae var. dalessandroi (S. Ecuador)
• Phragmipedium fischeri
• Phragmipedium hirtzii (N. Ecuador)

Ecuador through Peru[]

• Phragmipedium besseae (Ecuador to N. Peru)
  • Phragmipedium besseae var. besseae (E. Ecuador to N. Peru)
• Phragmipedium boissierianum (S. Ecuador to Peru)
  • Phragmipedium boissierianum var. czerwiakowianum (S. Ecuador to Peru)
• Phragmipedium pearcei (Ecuador to N. Peru)
• Phragmipedium reticulatum

Peru endemics[]

• Cattleya mooreana (Peru)
• Phragmipedium boissierianum var. boissierianum
• Phragmipedium kovachii (Peru – San Martin)
• Phragmipedium richteri

Other South America endemics[]

spans several South American countries and does not fit in any of the above:

• Cattleya luteola (N. Brazil, Ecuador to Bolivia)
• Cattleya maxima (Venezuela to Peru)

Siberia only, or through Korea, Japan, and Alaska, or circumpolar[]

• Calypso bulbosa (circumpolar)
• (Russian Far East)
• Cypripedium guttatum (European Russia to Korea, Alaska to Yukon)
• (Russia to Korea)
• Cypripedium yatabeanum (Russian Far East to N & NC Japan, Aleutian Islands to SW Alaska)

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