Orchidaceae
324 edible species
Largest flowering family with 25,000+ species; mostly ornamental; vanilla is primary edible crop.
Edible: Tuber, Root
Lemon doubletail
Edible: Tuber, Root
White double tails, White donkey orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Golden donkey orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Yellow double tails
Edible: Tubers, Root
Snake orchid, Golden moths
Edible: Tubers, Root
Donkey orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Leopard orchid, Common donkey-orchid, Spotted Double Tails
Edible: Tubers, Root
Golden moths, Small snake orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Western Donkey orchid
Edible: Tubers, Roots
Purple donkey orchid
Edible: Tubers, Roots
Edible: Tubers, Root
Tiger orchid, Hornet orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Tricolor donkey orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: ?
Edible: Bulb
Parson’s Bands, Pink Autumn Orchid, Autumn orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Amrita
Edible: Tubers, Root
Mauve pixies
Edible: Root, Tubers
Edible: Tubers
Salep, Saleb misri
Edible: Tubers, Flower
Edible: Root, Stems
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Pseudobulb
Edible: Pseudobulb, Stem
Spectacular eulophia orchid
Edible: Tubers
Perei, Peri-root, Potato orchid
Edible: Root
Gastrodia tuber, Heaven hemp
Edible: Root, Rhizome, Bulb
Large potato orchid, Large cinnamon orchid
Edible: Tuber
Potato orchid, Native potato, Cinnamon Bells
Edible: Root, Tuber
Variable midge orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Glandular midge orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Fringed midge orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Dense midge orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Tiny midge orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Red midge orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Red midge orchid
Edible: Tubers, Root
Pink nodding orchid, Pink shepherd's crook
Edible: Rhizomes, False bulbs
Edible: ?
Manna (sweet) grass, Wax lip orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root
Common Waxlip, Blue Cockies, Parson-in-the-Pulpit, Wax-lip orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root, Bulb
Small wax lip orchid
Edible: Tuber, Root
Orchid
Edible: Leaves
Western Rattlesnake Plantain
Edible: Bulb, Root, Tuber
Fragrant orchid
Edible: Root, Corm
Edible: Flavouring
Edible: Bulb
Edible: Tuber, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tuber, Root
Edible: Tuber, Root
Edible: Tuber, Root
Edible: Pseudobulb ?
Edible: Tubers, Roots
Edible: Leaves, Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Tubers
Edible: Tubers, Root
Uwi-uwi, Toothed habenaria
Edible: Roots, Tubers
Edible: Tubers
Edible: Tuber
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Roots, Tubers
Edible: Leaves
Sparse-flowered bog orchid
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Pseudobulbs, Tubers, Root
Edible: Plant, Root
Edible: Bulb
Barlia, Giant orchid
Edible: Bulb
Bourbon tea, Faham tea
Edible: Leaves - tea
Bicolored leptotes
Edible: Fruit - flavouring, Pod
Edible: Bulb
Edible: Leaves
Onion-Leaf Orchis
Edible: Root
Edible: Tubers, Root
Salep
Edible: Bulb
Edible: Tubers, Root
Water-root orchid
Edible: Tuber
Bee Orchid
Edible: Root
Edible: Root
Late spider orchid, Argolian bee-orchid
Edible: Bulb
Edible: Root
Edible: Root
Koyungozu
Edible: Bulb
Kedigozu
Edible: Bulb
Late Spider Orchid
Edible: Root
Fly Orchid
Edible: Root
Edible: Root
Yellow Bee Orchid
Edible: Root
Edible: Bulb, Root
Edible: Bulb, Root
Woodcock Orchid
Edible: Root
Early Spider Orchid
Edible: Root
Sawfly Orchid
Edible: Root
Edible: Bulb
Edible: Root