Table 1 Summary of data and tools that could be browsed and used for the five orchid species (Phalaenopsis equestris, Dendrobium catenatum, Apostasia shenzhenica, Platanthera zijinensis, and Platanthera guangdongensis)

Genome browser

Scaffold ID, Scaffold sequence, Gene model, miRNA

Gene annotation

Gene ID, Gene sequence, BLAST top hit descriptions, KEGG pathway, GO terms, Interpro description, Swissprot description, TrEMBL description, miRNA

Gene expression

Gene ID, FPKM values in various tissues

Metabolism pathway

Gene ID, Genes mapped to the KEGG pathways

Gene order

Gene ID, Physical positions of genes

Synteny

Gene ID, Physical positions of genes

miRNA-targets information

miRNA gene ID, Structure of miRNA, Target gene IDs of miRNA, Binding sites in the target genes of a miRNA

BLAST tools

BLASTN, BLASTX, tBLASTX, BLASTP, tBLASTN