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.
Acineta densa
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Acineta humboldtii
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Ada aurantiaca
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Aerangis articulata
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Aeranthes grandiflora
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Aerides mitrata
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Aerides mitrata 'alba'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Angraecum calceolus
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Angraecum leonis
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Angraecum sesquipedale (bosseri)
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Angraecum Veitchii (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Angraecum Veitchii Jungpflanzen-Sparset
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Anoectochilus chapaensis
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Anoectochilus roxburghii x Ludisia discolor
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Anoectochilus siamensis x roxburghii
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Anoectochilus sikkimensis
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Aspasia lunata
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Baptistonia echinata
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Barkeria spectabilis
- flower season: summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Barkeria whartoniana
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Begonia tripartida - Sparset
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bifrenaria aureo-fulva
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bifrenaria harrisoniae
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Bifrenaria harrisoniae 'alba'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Bletilla striata 'Penway Brigantes' (in Blüte/Knospe)
- flower season: may – july
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Bletilla striata 'purple' (in Blüte/Knospe)
- flower season: june - august
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Bletilla striata 'Shi Ran' (mit neuem Austrieb)
- flower season: may – july
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Bletilla striata alba 'variegata' (in Blüte/Knospe)
- flower season: may – july
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Brassavola glauca (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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