Meiotic and karyological studies on 5 taxa belonging to generaCephalantheraandEpipactisof sub-tribe Limodorinae (Neottieae) from the Western Himalayas were undertaken. Aneuploid races with 2n= 32 and 34 are recorded inCephalanthera ensifolia.Detailed karyotypic analysis is made in all the five taxa. Meiotic studies from PMC's as well as from EMC's were studied inEpipactis consimilisandE. latifolia.Chiasma frequency was higher in the embryo-sac mother cells than the pollen mother cells inE. consimiliswhile reverse was the case inE. latifolia.