Abstract

• The present research deals with a taxonomic study on family Orchidaceae in Southern part of Kalama Taung Reserved Forest, Paung Township, Mon State. This study feature was represented by eight species belong to eight genera of family Orchidaceae. There were two terrestrials and six epiphytic species. Eulophia zollingeri (Rchb. f.) J.J. Sm. and Malaxis versicolor Abeyw. are terrestrial and Coelogyne schilleriana Rchb. f., Bulbophyllum crassipes Hook. f., Dendrobium fimbriatum Hook., iparis viridiflora (Blume) Lindl., Renanthera coccinea Lour. and Rhynchostylis retusa Blume are epiphytes. The collected eight species were identified and classified. Morphological characters, common names, flowering periods and Global Positioning System (GPS) were also presented.