Orchidales

Orchidales is an order of flowering plants.

In taxonomical systems, this is a relatively recent name as early systems used descriptive botanical names for the order containing the orchids.

[1] The Bentham & Hooker and the Engler systems had the orchids in order Microspermae while the Wettstein system treats them as order Gynandrae (a descriptive name referring to the stamens).

[2] In taxonomical systems these two descriptive names have now mostly dropped out of use.

Circumscription of the order will vary with the taxonomic system being used.