Where do orchids come from? There are species of orchid all over the world these days, but they had to start somewhere before they were carried and planted all of those places. Orchids are actually native to regions in Asia, Australia, the Himalayas and the Philippines.

Where do orchids grow naturally?

Most orchid species grow in tropical forests, but others can be found in semi-desert regions, near the seashore and in the tundra. The majority of neotropical orchid species can be found in southern Central America, northwest South America, and countries that lie along the Andes Mountains.

Where were orchids first found?

These magnificent flowers first appeared nearly 200 million years ago and have since spread from the equator to the Arctic Circle and from the Himalayas to Australia. Researchers dated orchids from the Jurassic period to the Mesozoic era (195–136 million years ago) and the Cenozoic period (64 million years ago).