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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Cymbidium erythraeum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °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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Epidendrum polybulbon
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia garciae
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia laucheana
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Masdevallia minuta
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Masdevallia striatella
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia tuerckheimii
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Oncidium cheirophorum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum barbigerum 'coccineum'
- 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 gratrixianum var. christensonianum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum gratrixianum var. daoense (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum primulinum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum primulinum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum primulinum (Jgpfl.) -Sparset
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Phalaenopsis tetraspis
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Platystele misera
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Scaphyglottis prolifera
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Scaphyglottis violacea
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Specklinia lanceola
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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