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Orchids of Sichuan Province Southern China

Cypripedium tibeticum
Phaisus delavayi
Ponerorchis chusua
Galearis roborovskyi
G. SPATHULATA , diantha
Amitostigma monanthum
Oreorchis nana
Platanthera minutiflora
Tipularia szechuanica
Corallorhiza trifida
Neottia puberula v. maculata
Goodyera repens
Neottia acumninata
Cephalanthera longifolia
Dactylorhiza viridis f. virescens
Epipactis mairei
Epipactis helleborine v. tangutica
Calanthe alpina
Calanthe tricarinata
Calanthe arcuata
Calanthe brevicornu
Neottia wardii
Herminium ophioglossoides
Bletilla ochracea
Habenaria cf. diphylla
Pholidota yunnanesis
Cephalanthera erecta

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