Sarcanthinae

Taxobox
name = Sarcanthinae


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Aerides falcatum"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Vandeae
subtribus = Sarcanthinae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

In the botanical classification of plants, Sarcanthinae is a Subtribe of the Tribe Vandeae (Family Orchidaceae) whose representatives all have a monopodial growth habit and do not possess pseudobulbs. Some of the genera it contains have some of the largest and most spectacular flowers in the whole of the Orchid family.

Below are three well-known genera from it, though there are about forty-five in total:

*"Angraecum"
*"Phalaenopsis"
*"Vanda"