Orchids represent one of the most important groups of flowering plants in Nagaland. Besides ornamental value orchids are long known for their medicinal usage especially in the indigenous system of medicine by different ethnic communities world over. The present paper enumerates the ethnomedicinal uses of orchids of Nagaland and the way the plants/plant parts are used against various ailments. In one hand preservation and perpetuation of such ethnobotanical knowledge is necessary for the benefit of mankind on the other hand it is necessary to conserve these plants for their sustainable utilization and also saving them from extinction.