Black orchid explained

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

See also

• Bouquet of Black Orchids, a compilation album by The Tear Garden
• Black Orchid (fragrance), first perfume released by Tom Ford Beauty