Xerorchis is an orchid genus in the subfamily Epidendroideae.

[1] It is unclear whether this genus should be classified in the lower or higher epidendroids.

[citation needed] Xerorchis has 8 pollinia, hence similar to the more advanced epidendroid genera of Epidendreae and Arethuseae.

Yet its morphology, with unthickened stems and persistent leaves, is that of a bambusoid grass and makes it more similar to Tropidieae or Triphoreae.

[citation needed] According to Plants of the World Online, Xerorchis is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.