Abstract

• The present work is concerned with the study on wild orchids of natural habitat in Yee Aye Reserved Forest in Kalaw Township. The Yee Aye Reserved Forest is situated in Kalaw Township of Taunggyi District and also the southern west part and 5.5 miles distance from Kalaw city.In this recent study 6 genera and 17 species were recorded from recent study Yee Aye Reserved Forest type is Hill ever green forest type. The Yee Aye Lake located in the centre of Yee Aye Reserved Forest. Most of the wild orchids were collected around the area of this lake. Epiphytic genera namely Bulbophyllum, Coelogene, Dendrobium, Eria, Pholidota and Lusia were collected. Photographs have been taken to record habits of orchids in nature.The collected specimens were classified, indentified and described with colour photographs of their natural habitats and inflorescence. The morphological characters have been emphasized and artificial keys from the tribe to the species have been constructed and GPS location system.