Search the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Database

Here, you can search the Royal Botanical Garden’s – Kew Database to find the latest, accepted scientific names and synonyms of selected orchid plant families. This feature allows you to search for all the scientific names of a particular orchid plant. To begin your search, enter the name of the orchid you want information about. In the box below, Kew’s response will load. You can view the Royal Botanical Garden’s complete site by following links within the frame below. Before searching, the large box will appear empty. If you would like to visit The Royal Botanic Gardens Page in a separate window, please click RBG.

Search for a genus or a genus plus species . For example: Cochleanthes or Cochleanthes lobata