Orchids
The Orchidaceae or orchid family is a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants with colorful and fragrant blooms. (wiki)
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Canaima National Park | Canaima is also famous for its diversity of orchids, with an estimated 500 species recorded in the Park (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Cape Floral Region | many Orchidaceae (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Central Suriname Nature Reserve | ||
| Chiribiquete National Park | ||
| Cocos Island | "Five species of orchids have been recorded. Three of them are endemic, all belonging to the genus Epidendrum." | |
| East Rennell | the endemic orchid Dendrobium rennellii occurs on the small islands of Lake Tegano (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Everglades | Epiphytic Orchids - nomination file | |
| Fertö/Neusiedlersee | "Out of the internationally protected species .. , the ladys slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) and the bog orchid (Liparis loeselii) are of special note. Both species have only a few locations all over Hungary and Austria but they have a considerable population in the property and site proposed for inscription. From among the orchids, the fly orchid (Ophrys insectifera) and the spider orchid (Ophrys sphecodes) growing in the hills around Fertö-Neusiedler Lake as well as the marsh orchid (Orchis laxiflora ssp. palustris) are important." (nom file) | |
| Guanacaste | Orchids are commonplace in wet and cloud forests and therefore, are most common on the Caribbean (wayward) side of the Guanacaste mountain range. So, in Guanacaste National Park, this source (see link) mentions that they are common (along bromeliads, ferns, and other) on the Cacao and Orosi volcanoes. They are also extremely common in the cloud forest up the Rincón de la Vieja National Park | |
| Ha Long Bay | yellow slipper orchid Paphiopedilum sp (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Huascaran National Park | orchids of the genera Masdevalia, Stelis, Epidendron, Pleurothallis and Trichocerus muralis (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Jeju | Hallasan Mountain of Jeju Island contains 3 orchid species: Cymbidium kanran, Neofinetia falcata, Aerides japonicum | |
| Kaeng Krachan Forest | home of unique Gastrodia Fimbriata Suddee and other 174 varieties of wild orchid | |
| Kinabalu Park | some 1,200 orchid species in 121 genera, including at least five species of the now rare slipper orchid such as Papiopedillium dayanum and P. rothschildianum (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Laurisilva of Madeira | the endemic Madeira orchids Dactylorhiza foliosa (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Machu Picchu | 200 species of orchids (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Macquarie Island | two endemic orchids - Nematoceras dienemum and Nematoceras sulcatum (wiki) | |
| Manas Wildlife Sanctuary | 15 species of orchid have been identified (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Manu National Park | It is claimed that there are 179 species of orchid in the cloud forest (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Noel Kempff Mercado National Park | 110 species of orchids are recorded from the Park (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Phong Nha - Ke Bang | Orchidaceae (24 species) of which the rare Paphiopedilum dianthum (EN) (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Pitons Management Area | in the rainforest | |
| Pitons of Reunion | epiphytic orchids | |
| Primeval Beech Forests | Jasmund National Park: types of orchids, for instance Cypripedium calceolus (wiki) | |
| Rainforests of the Atsinanana | 60 orchids at Zahamena (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Rio Abiseo National Park | ||
| Sangay National Park | orchids are abundant (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Singapore Botanic Gardens | National Orchid Garden | |
| Sinharaja Forest | bamboo orchid Arundina gramimifolia (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves | Only in the La Amistad National Park this source indicates more than 500 identified species (see Link). | |
| Tikal National Park | ... abundant (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Ujung Kulon National Park | epiphytic orchids | |
| Volcanoes of Kamchatka | many rare orchids (Cypripedium macranthon, Epipactis papillosa, Neottia asiatica) (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Wet Tropics of Queensland | tea tree orchid |
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