Shimla hills are part of NorthWestern Himalayas and are well known for their diverse habitats, climatic conditions, and rich biodiversity; this area has mainly evergreen forests including dry sub-tropical forests and moist temperate evergreen forests. However, only terrestrial orchids have so far been recorded from here. As nature of substratum (soil) is an important factor affecting vegetation in a given area, soil profiles were presently analysed so as to determine the actual ecological preferences of different selected orchid species. It was observed that orchids were distributed from shady, semi-shaded and moisture rich area to dry and open grassland fields along roads or embankments with slightly acidic to alkaline soil pH. Substratum was found to be rich with Carbon, Nitrogen, Potassium, and Calcium and poor with Sodium, Sulphur, and Phosphate contents. After soil profiling a standard nutrient media can also be devised for their successful in vitro species specific asymbiotic seed culture, mass propagation, and conservation.