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.
Paphiopedilum gratrixianum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum x philippinense
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum fairrieanum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Earl of Chester
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Delrosi
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum charlesworthii x Maudiae coloratum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Celler Freude
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Capablanca
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Cadmium Glow
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum barbigerum 'coccineum'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum appletonianum 'hainanense' (1 Stiel)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Aladin
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paph. Maudianum x (Paph. holdenii x Paph. supersuk)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Oncidium sphacelatum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oncidium ornithorhynchum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oncidium flexuosum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oncidium cheirophorum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Odontoglossum Nippon (1 Rispe)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Odontoglossum Chayenne (2 Rispen)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Odontioda Quedlinburg (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Odontioda Quedlinburg (1 Rispe)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Miltonidium Honey 'Green Valley'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Miltonidium Dr. Peter Komp (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Miltonidium Dr. Peter Komp (1 Rispe)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Miltonidium Bartley Star (2 Rispen)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Maxillaria sophronitis
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Maxillaria meleagris
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia-Sortiment (veitcheana 'Celle', coccinea, measuresiana) -blühstark-
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Masdevallia tuerckheimii
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Masdevallia striatella
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia minuta
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Masdevallia measuresiana
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia laucheana
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Masdevallia garciae
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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