Orchids

Connected Sites: 16

WHS where Orchids are named as part of the site's OUV, or with a variety of 100 orchid species or more. "The Orchidaceae or orchid family is a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants with colorful and fragrant blooms." (wiki)

Connected Sites

  • Canaima National Park
    Canaima National Park
    Venezuela
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.74
    26
    3
    Canaima is also famous for its diversity of orchids, with an estimated 500 species recorded in the Park (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Machu Picchu
    Machu Picchu
    Peru
    Inscribed: 1983
    4.63
    262
    8
    200 species of orchids (UNEP-WCMC)
  • The Sundarbans
    The Sundarbans
    Bangladesh
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.82
    30
    2
    "Its exceptional biodiversity is expressed in a wide range of flora; 334 plant species... and 13 orchid species" (OUV)
  • Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
    Bolivia
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.94
    2
    1
    110 species of orchids are recorded from the Park (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Wet Tropics of Queensland
    Wet Tropics of Queensland
    Australia
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.50
    140
    8
    "In an Australian context, the Wet Tropics covers less than 0.2% of Australia, but contains ... 30% of orchid species "
  • Khangchendzonga National Park
    Khangchendzonga National Park
    India
    Inscribed: 2016
    3.42
    15
    3
    "Khangchendzonga National Park is home to nearly half of India’s bird diversity, wild trees, orchids and rhododendrons and one third of the country's flowering plants." (OUV)
  • Tikal National Park
    Tikal National Park
    Guatemala
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.46
    169
    6
    "Palms, epiphytes, orchids and bromeliads abound in the various forest types." (OUV)
  • Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
    Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
    Costa Rica, Panama
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.90
    48
    5
    Only in the La Amistad National Park this source indicates more than 500 identified species (see Link).
    See costaricaparquesnacionales.com
  • Singapore Botanic Gardens
    Singapore Botanic Gardens
    Singapore
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.10
    274
    12
    National Orchid Garden
  • Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
    Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
    China
    Inscribed: 2006
    3.32
    77
    4
    "there is significant diversity in groups such as magnolias, bamboos, rhododendrons, and orchids" (OUV)
  • Mount Hamiguitan
    Mount Hamiguitan
    Philippines
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.73
    13
    4
    "makes the Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary home to a total of 1,380 species with 341 Philippine endemics that include critically endangered species such as the... orchid Paphiopedilum adductum" (OUV)
  • Manu National Park
    Manu National Park
    Peru
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.74
    30
    5
    It is claimed that there are 179 species of orchid in the cloud forest (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Kinabalu Park
    Kinabalu Park
    Malaysia
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.25
    93
    6
    "The presence of 1,000 orchid species, 78 species of Ficus, and 60 species of ferns is indicative of the botanical richness of the property. " (OUV)
  • Kaeng Krachan Forest
    Kaeng Krachan Forest
    Thailand
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.71
    25
    4
    home of unique Gastrodia Fimbriata Suddee and other 174 varieties of wild orchid
  • Blue and John Crow Mountains
    Blue and John Crow Mountains
    Jamaica
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.59
    41
    3
    "Above 2,000m the forest is known as Elfin Forest due to the stunted and gnarled appearance of the trees which are heavily coated with epiphytes including hanging mosses, ferns and tiny orchids." (OUV)
  • Atlantic Forest South-East
    Atlantic Forest South-East
    Brazil
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.02
    39
    5
    "dense forests with an abundance of orchids" (OUV)