Black orchid

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. nigroviolacea or Stanhopea nigroviolacea, a species of orchid from Mexico
 * Stelis immersa (Black orchid), a species of orchid ranging from Mexico to Venezuela
 * Trichoglottis atropurpurea (Black orchid), a species of orchid native to the Philippines