Orchidaceae (185)

	Scientific name	Common Names	NCS	Comment
Indigenous Species
1	Acampe ochracea (Lindley) Hochr.		VU
2	Acampe praemorsa (Roxb.) Blatter & Mc Cann		LC
3	Acampe rigida (Buch.-Ham.ex J.E. Smith) P.F. Hunt		VU
4	Acanthephippium bicolor Lindley		EN
5	Adrorhizon purpurascens (Thw.) Hook.f.		VU
6	Aerangis hologlottis (Schltr.) Schltr.		EN
7	Aerides ringens (Lindley) C.E.C Fischer		VU
8	Agrostophyllum zeylanicum Hook.f.		VU
9	Angraecum zeylanicum Lindl.		NT
10	Anoectochilus elatus Lindl.		DD
11	Anoectochilus roxburghii (Wall.) Lindl.	වනරාජ	EN	Anoectochilus regalis Blume is a synonym
12	Aphyllorchis montana Reichb.f.		VU
13	Apostasia wallichii R.Br.		EN
14	Arundina graminifolia (D.Don) Hochr.	Grass orchid	EN?	Arundina minor Lindl. is a synonym
15	Bromheadia srilankensis Kruizinga & de Vogel.		EN
16	Bulbophyllum crassifolium Thw. ex Trimen.		EN
17	Bulbophyllum elegans Gardner ex Thw.		VU
18	Bulbophyllum elliae Reichb.f.		NT	Bulbophyllum jayaweerae Fernando et Ormerod is a synonym
19	Bulbophyllum macraei Reichb. f.		VU
20	Bulbophyllum maskeliyense Livera		EN
21	Bulbophyllum petiolare Thw.		VU
22	Bulbophyllum purpureum Thw.		EN
23	Bulbophyllum thwaitesii Reichb.f.		VU
24	Bulbophyllum tricarinatum Petch		CR
25	Bulbophyllum trimenii (Hook.f.) J. J.Sm.		VU
26	Bulbophyllum wightii Reichb.f.		VU
27	Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl.		VU
28	Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames		NT
29	Cheirostylis flabellata Wight		CR
30	Cheirostylis parvifolia Lindl.		VU
31	Chiloschista fasciata (F.v. Mull.) Seidenf. & Ormerod.		VU
32	Chrysoglossum ornatum Blume.		VU
33	Cleisostoma tenuifolium (L.) Garay.		NT	Sarcanthus peninsularis Dalzell is a synonym
34	Coelogyne breviscapa Lindl.		VU
35	Coelogyne odoratissima Lindl.		VU
36	Panisea zeylanica (Hook.f.) Aver.		CR	Coelogyne zeylanica Hook.f. is a synonym
37	Conchidium articulatum (Lindl.) Rauschert		CR	Eria articulata Lindl. is a synonym
38	Conchidium braccatum (Lindl.) Brieger		NT	Eria braccata (Lindl.) Lindl. is a synonym
39	Conchidium muscicola (Lindl.) Rauschert		LC	Eria muscicola (Lindl.) Lindl. is a synonym
40	Corymborkis veratrifolia (Reinw.) Blume		CR
41	Cottonia peduncularis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.		NT
42	Crepidium purpureum (Lindl.)Szlach.		EN	Malaxis purpurea (Lindl.) Kuntze is a synonym
43	Cryptostylis arachnites (Blume) Hassk.		VU
44	Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw.		LC
45	Cymbidium bicolor Lindley		LC
46	Cymbidium ensifolium (L.) Sw.		VU
47	Cyrtosia javanica Blume		CR(PE)
48	Dendrobium maccarthiae Thw.	වෙසක් මල්	EN
49	Dendrobium panduratum Lindley		NT
50	Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxb.) C.E.C. Fisher.		LC
51	Dendrobium diodon Reichb.f.		VU
52	Dendrobium heterocarpum Wall. ex Lindley	Primrose Orchid	EN
53	Dendrobium jerdonianum Wight		NT	Dendrobium nutantiflorum A.D. Hawkes & A.H. Heller. is  a synonym
54	Dendrobium salaccense (Blume) Lindley		EN	Dendrobium bambusifolium E.C.Parish & Rchb.f. is a synonym
55	Didymoplexis pallens Griff.		CR
56	Didymoplexis seidenfadenii Sathish & Ormerod.		DD
57	Dienia ophrydis (J.Konig) Ormerod & Seidenf.		EN	Malaxis latifolia Sm. is a synonym
58	Diplocentrum recurvum Lindl.		DD
59	Diploprora championi Hook.f.		NT
60	Disperis neilgherrensis Wight.		VU
61	Epipogium roseum (D.Don) Lindl.		EN
62	Pinalia bicolor (Lindl.) Kuntze	Lily of the valley	NT	Eria bicolor Lindl. is a synonym
63	Eria lindleyi Thw.		NT
64	Eria thwaitesii Trimen		EN
65	Pinalia tricolor (Thwaites) Kuntze		EN	Eria tricolor Thw. is a synonym
66	Erythrodes latiloba Ormerod		VU
67	Eulophia spectabilis (Dennst.) Suresh		VU
68	Eulophia epidendraea (J. Köenig ex Retz.) C. E. C. Fischer		LC
69	Eulophia graminea Lindl.		EN
70	Eulophia pulchra (Thouars) Lindl.		VU
71	Eulophia zollingeri (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.		EN
72	Dendrobium macraei Lindl.	ජට මකුට	VU	Flickingeria macraei (Lindl.) Seidenf. is a synonym
73	Gastrochilus acaulis (Lindl.) Kuntze		NT
74	Gastrodia zeylanica Schltr.		CR
75	Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr.		VU
76	Geodorum recurvum (Roxb.) Alston		DD
77	Goodyera fumata Thw.		CR
78	Goodyera procera (Ker-Gawl.) Hook.		VU
79	Goodyera stelidifera Ormerod.		DD
80	Habenaria acuminata (Thw.) Trimen.		VU
81	Habenaria barbata Wight ex Hook.f.		EN
82	Habenaria crinifera Lindl.		VU
83	Habenaria dichopetala Thw.		EN
84	Habenaria dolichostachya Thw.		CR
85	Habenaria macrostachya Lindl.		VU
86	Habenaria plantaginea Lindl.	Pigeon Orchid	NT
87	Habenaria pterocarpa Thw.		EN
88	Habenaria stenopetala Lindl.		EN	Habenaria rhynchocarpa (Thw.) Trimen is a synonym
89	Habenaria roxburghii Nicolson.	සුදු කොකා මල	EN
90	Habenaria viridiflora (Sw.) Spreng.		NT
91	Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume.		EN
92	Ipsea speciosa Lindley	නඟා-මැරූ-අල/Daffodil Orchid	EN
93	Liparis cespitosa (Lam.) Lindl.		VU
94	Liparis atropurpurea Lindley		EN
95	Liparis barbata Lindley		CR	Liparis thwaitesii Hook.f. is a synonym
96	Liparis brachyglottis Reichb.f. ex Trimen.		EN
97	Liparis elliptica Wight		DD
98	Liparis nervosa (Thunb.) Lindley		VU
99	Liparis viridiflora Lindley		NT
100	Liparis walkeriae R. Graham.		VU
101	Liparis wightiana Thw.		VU
102	Luisia tenuifolia Blume		VU	Luisia birchea Blume Rumhia. is a synonym
103	Luisia tristis (G.Forst.) Hook.f.		LC	Luisia zeylanica Lindl. is a synonym
104	Malaxis densiflora (A.Rich.) Kuntze		EN
105	Malaxis discolor (Lindley) Kuntze		VU
106	Malaxis thwaitesii Bennet.		VU
107	Malaxis versicolor (Lindley) Abeywick.		LC
108	Nervilia juliana (Roxb.) Schlechter		DD
109	Oberonia claviloba Jayaweera		EN
110	Oberonia dolabrata Jayaweera		CR
111	Oberonia forcipata Lindl.		VU
112	Oberonia fornicata Jayaweera		CR
113	Oberonia longibracteata Lindley		VU
114	Oberonia quadrilatera Jayaweera		EN
115	Oberonia recurva Lindley		VU
116	Oberonia scyllae Lindley		EN
117	Oberonia tenuis Lindley		VU
118	Oberonia thwaitesii Hook.f.		NT
119	Oberonia truncata Lindley		EN
120	Oberonia wallie-silvae Jayaweera		CR
121	Oberonia weragamaensis Jayaweera		EN
122	Oberonia wightiana Lindley		NT
123	Oberonia zeylanica Hook.f.		NT
124	Octarrhena parvula Thw.		VU
125	Papilionanthe subulata (Willd.) Garay		VU	Papilionanthe cylindrica (Lindl.) Seidenf. is a synony,m
126	Peristylus aristatus Lindley		EN
127	Peristylus brevilobus Thw.		VU
128	Peristylus cubitalis (L.) Kraenzlin		VU
129	Peristylus densus (Lindl.)		DD
130	Peristylus gardneri (Hook.f.) Kraenzlin		EN
131	Peristylus plantagineus (Lindley) Lindley		CR(PE)
132	Peristylus spiralis A. Rich.		VU
133	Peristylus trimenii (Hook.f.) Abeywick.		EN
134	Phaius luridus Thw.		EN
135	Phaius wallichii Lindl.		EN
136	Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb.f.		VU
137	Phalaenopsis mysorensis C.J Sadanha.		EN
138	Coelogyne imbricata	නරි අල	LC	Pholidota imbricata Lindl. is a synonym
139	Phreatia elegans Lindley		CR
140	Phreatia jayaweerae Ormerod.		EN
141	Podochilus saxatile Lindley		NT
142	Podochilus falcatum Lindley		VU
143	Podochilus malabaricus Wight		NT
144	Polystachya concreta (Jacq.) Garay & Sweet		LC
145	Pomatocalpa maculosum (Lindley) J. J. Sm.		NT
146	Pomatocalpa spicatum Breda		VU
147	Pteroceras viridiflorum (Thw.) Holttum		CR(PE)
148	Rhynchostylis retusa Blume	Batticaloa Orchid/Fox-Tail Orchid	EN
149	Robiquetia virescens Ormerod & S.S.Fernando		NT	Robiquetia virescens (Gard. ex Lindley) Jayaweera is a synonym
150	Robiquetia brevifolia (Lindley) Garay		VU
151	Robiquetia gracilis (Lindley) Garay		EN
152	Robiquetia rosea (Lindley) Garay		VU
153	Satyrium nepalense D.Don	Hyacinth Orchid	NT
154	Schoenorchis nivea (Lindley) Schltr.		NT
155	Schoenorchis tortifolia (Jayaweera) Garay.		EN
156	Seidenfadeniella filiformis (Rechb. f.) E.A. Christenson & Ormerod		EN	Schoenorchis chrysantha (Alston) Garay is a synonym
157	Sirhookera latifolia (Wight) Kuntze		CR
158	Sirhookera lanceolata (Wight) Kuntze		NT
159	Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames.		NT
160	Stichorkis disticha (Thouars) Pfitzer		VU
161	Taeniophyllum alwisii Lindley		VU
162	Taeniophyllum gilimalense Jayaweera		EN
163	Tainia bicornis (Lindley) Reichb. f.		EN
164	Vanda spathulata (L.) Spreng.		VU	Taprobanea spathulata (L.) Christenson.is  a synonym
165	Thrixspermum pugionifolium (Hook.f.) Schlechter		VU
166	Thrixspermum pulchellum (Thw.) Schlechter		LC
167	Thrixspermum walkeri Seidenf. & Ormerod.		VU
168	Trichoglottis tenera (Lindley) Reichb.f.		VU
169	Tropidia bambusifolia (Thw.) Trimen		EN	Tropidia thwaitesii Hook. f. is a synonym
170	Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Lodd. ex G. Don		VU
171	Vanda testacea (Lindley) Reichb. f.		LC
172	Vanda thwaitesii Hook. f.		CR(PE)
173	Vanda wightii Rchb.f.		DD
174	Vanilla moonii Thw.		EN
175	Vanilla walkeriae Wight		VU
176	Vanilla wightii Lindl. ex White		DD
177	Zeuxine blatteri C.E.C. Fischer.		EN
178	Zeuxine longilabris (Lindley) Trimen		CR
179	Zeuxine regia (Lindley) Trimen	ඉරුරාජ	EN
180	Zeuxine reginasilvae Ormerod.		EN
181	Zeuxine strateumatica (L.) Schlecht.		EN
Exotic Species
182	Dendrobium crumenatum Sw.	සුදු-පරවි මල්/Pigeon Orchid/White Dove Orchid
183	Oncidium sphacelatum x Oncidium. Flexuosum	Kandyn Dancer/ Dancing Lady/Oncidium Golden Shower
184	Spathoglottis plicata Blume	Philippine Ground Orchid
185	Vanilla planifolia Jacks. ex Andrews			Vanilla fragrans Ames is a synonym