Orchids A - Z
Testicle Plant?
Who would suspect at the sight of an orchid that the name translated means testicle plant? It comes from the Greek word "orchis", which means testicles.
This quirky name arises from the testicle-shaped root of the marsh orchids, which represent only one of many genera of the Orchidaceae, but are eponymous for the entire plant family.
Huge variety
There is a variety like no other houseplant. Iridescent colors and wild patterns, beguiling fragrances and ornately shaped flowers, which can only be a few millimeters or almost twenty centimeters in size, make orchids one of the most popular houseplants.
As a result, gardeners have been breeding new varieties since the end of the 19th century (more than 50 new varieties have been created at that time), making the Orchidaceae the largest plant family, with more than 30,000 species.
Wilsonara Rose Garden (1 Rispe)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Vanda flabellata (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Vanda flabellata
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Tetramicra canliculata
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Sophrolaeliocattleya Jewel Box 'Dark Water'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Rubellia speciosa
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Psychopsis Mariposa 'Green Valley'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Promadisanthus Yellow Bird
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Pholidota imbricata
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis violacea 'Sumatra' (Jgpfl., frisch getopft)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis speciosa (Jgpfl., frisch getopft)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis speciosa 'Blue Grey'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis My Monroe 'Make Up' (2-3 Rispen)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Phalaenopsis My Monroe 'Bronze' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Phalaenopsis My Monroe 'Blondy' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Phalaenopsis lueddemaniana (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis lueddemaniana (blühstark, nicht in Knospe/Blüte)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis Black Widdow (2 Rispen)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Pescatorea lehmannii
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum superbiens
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum spicerianum -In Vitro- (20-25 Pflanzen in sterilem Glas)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum rothschildianum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum lawrenceanum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum delenatii -In Vitro- (20-25 Pflanzen in sterilem Glas)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum delenatii 'alba' x P. tonsum 'album'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum delenatii 'alba'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum David Ott (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum curtisii -In Vitro- (20-25 Pflanzen in sterilem Glas)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum curtisii (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum callosum 'sublaeve'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum callosum 'potentianum' (Jgpfl)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Burki
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Armeni White
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Pabstia jugosa
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Ornithidium coccineum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Oncidium leucochilum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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