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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = ''Pachystoma'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]] | ordo = [[Asparagales]] | familia = [[Orchidaceae]] | subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]] | tribus = [[Arethuseae]] | subtribus = [[Bletiinae]] | genus = '''''Pachystoma''''' | genus_authority = [[Karl Ludwig von Blume|Blume]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''[[Pachystoma holtzei]]'' *''[[Pachystoma nutans]]'' *''[[Pachystoma pubescens]]'' *''[[Pachystoma senile]]'' *etc. }} '''''Pachystoma''''' is a [[genus]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae). The genus has about 10 species, distributed over [[India]], [[China]], [[Indomalesia]], northern [[Australia]] and several [[Pacific Islands]] (including [[New Caledonia]]). The genera '''''Apaturia''''' <small>[[John Lindley|Lindl.]]</small>, '''''Pachychilus''''' <small>[[Karl Ludwig von Blume|Blume]]</small> and '''''Pachystylis''''' <small>[[Karl Ludwig von Blume|Blume]]</small> have been brought into [[synonymy]] with ''Pachystoma''. [[Category:Orchid genera]]