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.
Bulbophyllum bolsteri
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Bulbophyllum calyptratum var. graminifolium
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum carunculatum
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bulbophyllum dearai
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bulbophyllum eberhardtii
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Bulbophyllum falcatum 'album'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum falcatum 'Bufo'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Bulbophyllum falcatum (4-5 Rispen)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum falcatum-Sparset (in Knospe/Blüte)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum fletcherianum 'Miss Floralia' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Bulbophyllum grandiflorum
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bulbophyllum graveolens
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum lemniscatoides
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Bulbophyllum lepidum
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum lobbii
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °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 macranthum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bulbophyllum mastersianumn
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bulbophyllum nymphopolitanum
- flower season: winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Bulbophyllum papulosum
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Bulbophyllum rothschildianum 'Fuhrberg Beauty' SM/DOG
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Bulbophyllum rufinum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cirrhopetalum bicolor x Elisabeth Ann Buckleberry
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Cirrhopetalum Elisabeth Ann Buckleberry (frisch getopft)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Cirrhopetalum fascinator
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Epidendrum polybulbon
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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