Present Status of Orchid Species Diversity Resources of Joypur Reserve Forest of Dibrugarh District (Assam) of North East India

Present paper deals with the Orchid species diversity of Joypur reserve forest of Dibrugarh district of Assam of North East India. A total of 107 Orchid species with 47 genera have been recorded from the region. Of them, 82 are epiphytic, 23 are terrestrial and 2 species like Didymoplexis pallens and Epipogium roseum are saprophytic. This attempt is the first step to correct taxonomic identification to workout currently accepted botanical names, voucher specimen, habitat, phenology and locality of Orchid species occurring in the study regions.