| Sarcochilus | |
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| Illustration of Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii from Fitzgerald's Australian Orchids[3] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Vandeae |
| Subtribe: | Aeridinae |
| Genus: | Sarcochilus R.Br.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Sarcochilus falcatus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Sarcochilus, commonly known as butterfly orchids or fairy bells[4] is a genus of about twenty species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes or lithophytes and usually have short stems, leaves arranged in two rows, and flowers arranged along unbranched flowering stems. Most species are endemic to Australia but some are found in New Guinea and New Caledonia.
- ^ a b "Sarcochilus". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
APNIwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Fitzgerald, Robert D. (1882). Australian Orchids. Sydney: Government Printer. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. pp. 447–452. ISBN 1877069124.