Blue Orchid (disambiguation)
# 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
