“…Epidendroideae is the dominant subfamily within Orchidaceae, containing around 80 % of the orchid species known (Cribb et al 2003, Hágsater et al 2005. Therefore, it is not surprising that it was also the dominant subfamily at the locality of study (49 species, 66 %); such as it has been recorded in numerous studies (Noguera-Savelli et al 2015, Nurfadilah 2015, Rewicz et al 2015, Zhang et al 2015, Batke et al 2016, Solano-Gómez et al 2016, Castillo-Hernández & Flores-Olvera 2017, González-Aguilar & Burelo-Ramos 2017, Meave et al 2017, Tejeda-Sartorius & Téllez-Velasco 2017, including some conducted within the state of Oaxaca (Soto-Arenas & Salazar 2004, Hágsater et al 2005, and at localities with temperate forests (Cerros-Tlatilpa & Espejo-Serna 1998, Luna-Rosales et al 2007, Huang et al 2008, Calatayud 2005, Rewicz et al 2015, Santiago 2018. Likewise, our results showed that at the locality of study, terrestrial orchids had the greatest species richness (32 species), followed by epiphytes (24 species).…”