Calanthe triplicata commonly known as the common Christmas orchid[2] is a plant in the orchid family and is native to Oceania, Asia, Pacific islands, and the islands of eastern Africa.

It is a terrestrial orchid that grows in clumps with crowded pseudobulbs, dark green corrugated leaves and up to forty white flowers.

The sepals and petals are similar to each other and the labellum has three spreading lobes and a yellow callus.

Flowering occurs from October to February in Australia and in April and May in China.

[2][3][4][5] The common Christmas orchid was first formally described in 1796 by (Pierre) Remi Willemet, who gave it the name Orchis triplicata and published the description in Paul Usteri's book Annalen der Botanick.