Blue Orchid (disambiguation)

"Blue Orchid" is a song by the White Stripes.

Blue orchid may also refer to:

Plants

 * Aganisia cyanea, an orchid species from Latin America
 * Hybrids between this species and other genera in subtribe Zygopetalinae are also known for having blue or nearly blue flowers
 * Bletilla striata, a species of orchid from East Asia. A few varieties have light lavender-blue flowers.
 * Cattleya, a genus of orchids. The "coerulea" forms of various species have violet-blue flowers, such as:


 * Cattleya bicolor
 * Cattleya loddigesii
 * Cleisocentron gokusingii, an almost entirely blue orchid from Borneo
 * Cleisocentron merrillianum, an almost entirely blue orchid from Borneo
 * Dendrobium ceraula, an orchid species from the Philippines also known as the "Horned Dendrobium". Closely related to Dendrobium victoriae-reginae
 * Dendrobium cyanocentrum, an orchid species from New Guinea; see List of Dendrobium species
 * Dendrobium leucocyanum, an orchid species from New Guinea; see List of Dendrobium species


 * Dendrobium victoriae-reginae, an orchid species from the Philippines also known as "Queen Victoria's Dendrobium"
 * Disa graminifolia, an orchid species from South Africa
 * Disa purpurascens, an orchid species from South Africa
 * Glossodia major, an orchid species from Australia
 * Pabstia jugosa, an orchid species from Brazil
 * Pescatoria coelestis, an orchid species from Latin America
 * Phalaenopsis violacea, an orchid species from Southeast Asia. Certain strains of the coerulea form have violet-blue flowers
 * Rhynchostylis coelestis, an orchid species from Indochina
 * Thelymitra, a genus containing truly blue orchids, including:
 * Thelymitra crinita
 * Thelymitra cyanea
 * Thelymitra ixioides
 * Thelymitra pauciflora
 * Thelymitra venosa
 * Thelymitra angustifolia
 * Tuberolabium woodii, an orchid species from the Philippines
 * Vanda coerulea, an orchid species from South Asia
 * Hybrids of this species with others in subtribe Aeridinae also have deep purple-blue flowers
 * Vanda coerulescens, an orchid species from South Asia
 * Vanda tessellata, an orchid species from South Asia

Other uses

 * Blue Orchids, a British band
 * Operation Blue Orchid, a police operation