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 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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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 labiata 'Chrystallina'
- 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 maxima 'alba' x 'semi-alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °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 '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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Encyclia cochleatum x prismatocarpum (1 Stiel)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °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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Laelia superbiens 'Anja' x 'Tuakau'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia angulata
- 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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Masdevallia laucheana
- 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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Maxillaria meleagris
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Miltonidium Bartley Star (2 Rispen)
- 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 sphacelatum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °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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Paphiopedilum Aladin
- 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 charlesworthii x Maudiae coloratum
- 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 Earl of Chester
- 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 glaucophyllum x philippinense
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum gratrixianum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum henryanum (Jgpfl.) - Sparset
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum insigne
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum philippinense x chamberlainianum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Supersuk 'Celle' S.M./D.O.G.
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum wolterianum 'album'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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