Black orchid
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Black orchid or Black Orchid may refer to:
Books and comics
Black Orchid (comics), a DC Comics miniseries created by Neil Gaiman
Black Orchid (character), a character from DC Comics
Black Orchids, a Nero Wolfe double mystery by Rex Stout
"Black Orchids" (novella), the first story in the above
Black Orchid (Killer Instinct), a character in the Killer Instinct video game series
Film and television
Black Orchid (film), a 1953 film with Ronald Howard
The Black Orchid (film), a 1958 film with Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn
Black Orchid (Doctor Who), a Doctor Who serial
Black Orchids (film), a 1917 American silent drama film
Music
The Black Orchid (nightclub), a Chicago night club from 1949 to 1959
Black Orchid (band), an Australian gothic metal band
Black Orchid (album), a 1962 jazz album by the Three Sounds
Black Orchid, a 1987 Hawaiian album by Peter Moon Band
"Black Orchid", a song by Stevie Wonder from Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"
"Black Orchid", a jazz tune written by Neal Hefti
"Black Orchid", a song by Avantasia from The Mystery of Time
“Black Orchid”, a song by Blue October from The Answers
Plants
Any member of several species of genus Bulbophyllum, commonly called "black orchid"
Calanthe triplicata or Australian Black orchid
Coelogyne mayeriana, a species of orchid native to Southeast Asia
Coelogyne pandurata (Black orchid), a species of orchid native to Borneo
Coelogyne ovalis, a species of orchid native to Indochina
Coelogyne usitana, a species of orchid native to the Philippines
Coelogyne xyrekes, a species of orchid native to Southeast Asia
Cymbidiella falcigera and Cymbidiella humblotii (Black orchid), species of orchid native to Madagascar and Île aux Nattes
Cymbidium canaliculatum (Queensland black orchid), a species of orchid native to northern and eastern Australia
Dendrobium johannis var nigrescens, a species of orchid from Australia
Disa cornuta, a species of orchid from South Africa
Dracula benedictii, a species of orchid from Colombia
Dracula minax, a species of orchid from Colombia
Dracula ubangina, a species of orchid from Ecuador
Dracula vampira, a species of orchid found on the slopes of Mount Pichincha in Ecuador
Fredclarkeara (Truly black orchid), a hybrid genus consisting of the genera Catasetum, Clowesia, and Mormodes
Grammatophyllum wallisii, a species of orchid from the Philippines
Liparis nervosa (Black orchid), a species of orchid native to Japan and China
Masdevallia rolfeana (Black orchid), a species of orchid native to Central America
Maxillaria schunkeana, also known as Brasiliorchis schunkeana, a species of orchid native to Brazil
Maxillaria variabilis, a species of orchid native to Central America
Monnierara (Black orchid), a hybrid genus consisting of the genera Catasetum, Cycnoches, and Mormodes
Ophrys insectifera, a species of orchid from Europe
Paphiopedilum
Phalaenopsis mannii, a species of orchid native to Nepal and China
Prosthechea cochleata (Black orchid), the national flower of Belize that is also known as the Clamshell (or Cockleshell) orchid
Stanhopea tigrina var.
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