Pinalia, commonly known as gremlin orchids,[2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae.

Orchids in this genus are large epiphytic or lithophytic plants with prominent pseudobulbs, each with up to three thin, flat leaves and cup-shaped, relatively short-lived flowers with scale-like brown hairs on the outside.

Orchids in the genus Pinalia are epiphytic or lithophytic, rarely terrestrial herbs with prominent, fleshy pseudobulbs that are covered with papery brown bracts when young.

[1] The genus Pinali was first formally described in 1826 by John Lindley who published the description in Orchidearum Sceletos.

[1][5] The name Pinalia is based on an unpublished name suggested by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, derived from a Nepalese word meaning a type of forest yam.