List of important orchid researchers

The list of major research orchids leads to scientists and collectors who are researching orchids have rendered outstanding.

• Edmond Albius (1829–1880), manual pollination of spiced vanilla.
• Oakes Ames (1874-1950), orchid researcher, Harvard University.
• Noël Bernard (1874–1911), mycorrhiza in orchids.
• Hans Burgeff (1883–1976), Mycorrhiza in orchids.
• William Cattley (1788–1835), orchid dealer. Namesake of the genus Cattleya .
• Jim Cootes , (1950–), specialist in Filipino orchids.
• Donovan Stewart Correll (1908–1983), orchid specialist.
• Phillip Cribb (1946-), Orchid Researcher, Kew Gardens. Orchid protection.
• Charles Darwin (1809–1882), Coevolution of Insects and Orchids.
• Calaway Homer Dodson (1928–), director of the botanical garden in Sarasota, Florida. Orchid specialist.
• John Dominy (1816–1891), first artificial orchid hybrid.
• Robert Louis Dressler (1927–), orchid researcher.
• Jack Archie Fowlie (1929–1993), orchid specialist.
• Leslie Andrew Garay (1924–), orchid researcher, Harvard University.
• Richard Eric Holttum (1895–1990), Orchid Researcher, Kew Gardens.
• Agnes Joaquim (1854-1899), Vanda hybrid Miss Joaquim .
• Lewis Knudson (1884–1958), Orchid Seed Germination Requires Molds. Knudson's nutrient solutions.
• Jean Linden (1817–1898), orchid collector.
• John Lindley (1799–1865), founder of orchid science.
• Thomas Lobb (1811-1894), explorer.
• William Lobb (1809–1864), explorer.
• George Loddiges (1786–1846), botanist, illustrator and ornithologist. Illustrated many orchids.
• Carlyle August Luer (1922-), taxonomist.
• Wilhelm Micholitz (1854–1932), German plant hunter.
• Hugo von Mohl (1805–1872), Embryonic Development in Orchids.
• William Whitmore Goodale Moir (1896–1985), orchid hybrids (Hawaii).
• Georges Morel (1916–1973), discoverer of meristem propagation in orchids.
• Charles François Antoine Morren (1807–1858), Pollination of the blossom of the spice vanilla.
• Peter O'Byrne (1955–), Asian orchid specialist.
• Joseph Paxton (1803–1865), development of suitable greenhouses for orchid cultivation.
• Leendert van der Pijl (1903–1990), pollination of orchids.
• Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1824–1889), director of the botanical garden in Hamburg. Orchid specialist.
• Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1956), director of the Singapore Botanical Gardens. Namesake of the genus Ridleyella .
• Carl Roebelin (1855–1927), Swiss plant hunter.
• Benedict Roezl (1823–1884), Austrian plant hunter.
• Gavino Rotor (1917–2005), discoverer of meristem propagation in orchids.
• Frederick Sander (1847–1920), orchid grower.
• Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925), curator at the Botanical Museum Berlin. Orchid specialist.
• Gunnar Seidenfaden (1908–2001), explorer of Thai orchids.
• Olof Peter Swartz (1760-1818), first systematic classification of the orchid family.
• Herman Royden Sweet (1909-1992), orchid specialist.
• Hans Thomale (1919–2002), discoverer of meristem propagation in orchids.
• Jaap Jan Vermeulen (1955–), employee at the national herbarium of the Netherlands. Orchid specialist.
• Carl Leslie Withner (1918–2012), orchid researcher. Curator at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.