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.
Brassidium Shooting Star 'Black Gold'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum bolsteri
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Bulbophyllum lobbii x frostii
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Bulbophyllum Louis Sander
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bulbophyllum rufinum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya Durigan 'Lucifer'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya guttata 'alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya guttata 'coerulea' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya guttata 'tigrina'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'alba' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'Chrystallina'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'coerulea' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'Memoria My Amelie' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'rubra'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'semi-alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya maxima 'alba' x 'semi-alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya Pastoral 'Innocence' x percivaliana 'alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Coelogyne Brymeriana
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Cymbidium Cascade 'Sakura'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cymbidium erythraeum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Cymbidium Sarah Jean 'Ice' (4-5 Rispen)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cymbidium Sarah Jean 'Jennifer'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium Sa-Nook 'Blue Happiness' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Sa-Nook 'Coconut Dream' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Sa-Nook 'Polar Fire' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Sa-Nook 'Purple Happiness' (1 Rispe)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Sa-Nook 'Thailand Black' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium tetragonum 'giganteum'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrochilum filiforme
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dracula sodiroi
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dracula vespertilio
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Encyclia cochleatum x prismatocarpum (1 Stiel)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Epicattleya Rene Marques 'Flame Thrower' HCC/AOS
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Epidendrum floribundum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Epidendrum polybulbon
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Howeara Chian Tzy Lovely 'Golden Bug'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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