Orchidaceae
324 edible species
Largest flowering family with 25,000+ species; mostly ornamental; vanilla is primary edible crop.
Mosquito orchid
Edible: Tuber
Mountain giant orchid
Edible: Tuber
Creeping fairy orchid
Edible: Tubers
Pyramidal orchid
Edible: Root, Bulb
Edible: Bulb
Edible: Plant - tea
Edible: Rhizome, Bulb
Puttyroot, Adam & Eve
Edible: Corm, Root
Edible: Bulb
Edible: Root, Tuber
Edible: Root, Tuber
Tongue orchid
Edible: Bulbils
Edible: Plant - tea
Pink fingers
Edible: Tubers, Root, Flowers
Short-hooded fingers
Edible: Tubers, Roots, Flowers
Fringed spider orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Spider orchid, Daddy longlegs
Edible: Tubers, Root
Pink fairy orchid, Dusky fingers
Edible: Tuber, Root
Musky caladenia, Musky finger-orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Ground orchid, Common Spider Orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root
Edible: Tubers, Roots, Flowers
Large pink finger orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Green comb spider orchid, Fringed spider orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Green-comb Spider-orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Root
Large duck orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root, Leaves
Copper beard orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Slender beard orchid, Late beard orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Red beardie
Edible: Tuber, Leaves, Flowers
Bearded orchids
Edible: Tuber, Root
Fairyslipper, Venus's slipper
Edible: Root, Bulb, Corms
Narrow-leaved helleborine, Sword-leaved Helleborine
Edible: Bulb
Common ant orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root
Ant orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root
Ant orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root
Barrington Tops ant orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root
Brown bird orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root
Long-clubbed wasp orchid
Ornate ant orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dainty bird orchid, Broad-lipped Bird Orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root
Spurred helmet orchid
Edible: Tuber
A helmet orchid
Edible: Tuber
Fringed helmet-orchid
Edible: Tubers
Bristly helmet-orchid
Edible: Tubers
Mt Maroon helmet-orchid
Edible: Tubers
Edible: Bulb
Edible: ?
Bonnet orchid, Hooded orchid
Edible: Stems, Rhizome, Root, Tuber
Leafless tongue-orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Small tongue-orchid, Red tongue-orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Large tongue orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root
Pink finger orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Queensland tree orchid, Channel Leaf Cymbidium, Black Orchid, Cooktown Black Orchid
Edible: Stems, Fruit, Bulbs, Pods, Seeds, Root
Sword cymbidium orchid
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Flowers
Spring flower
Edible: Flowers, Stem, Flavouring
Edible: Flower buds
Buttercup Orchid
Edible: Pseudobulbs
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Tubers, Root
Mosquito orchid, Gnat Orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root
Calypso
Edible: Bulbs
Edible: Bulb
Early marsh orchid
Edible: Root
Spotted orchid, Heath spotted orchid, Adder's grass, Hen's kames
Edible: Root
Tree orchid, Antelope Orchid, Tea-tree Orchid, Onion orchid
Edible: Pseudo-bulb, Stem
Edible: Stem, Flower
Edible: Stem, flower
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Stem
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Flower
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Flowers
Cooking orchid
Edible: Leaves as condiment, Spice
King orchid, Rock Lily, Rock Orchid
Edible: Pseudo-bulb, Stems, Flowers
Purple hyacinth orchid
Green hyacinth orchid
Edible: Roots
Dark hyacinth orchid
Edible: Roots
Hyacinth orchid
Edible: Tubers
Pink hyacinth orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root, Rhizome
Hyacinth orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Blotched hyacinth-orchid, Spotted hyacinth orchid
Edible: Roots, Rhizome
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tuber
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tuber, Root
Edible: Flower nectar, Tuber, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Goat's horn disa
Edible: Tuber, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Golden candle disa
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Chinaka, Chikande
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tuber
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root