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 Louis Sander
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bulbophyllum rufinum
- 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 labiata 'alba' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'Chrystallina'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'coerulea' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'Memoria My Amelie' (Jgpfl.)
- 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 labiata 'semi-alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya Pastoral 'Innocence' x percivaliana 'alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrobium tetragonum 'giganteum'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Epicattleya Rene Marques 'Flame Thrower' HCC/AOS
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Howeara Chian Tzy Lovely 'Golden Bug'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia superbiens 'alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °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 garciae
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Maxillaria meleagris
- 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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Paphiopedilum Aladin
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum barbigerum 'coccineum'
- 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 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 glaucophyllum x philippinense
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum henryanum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum henryanum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum henryanum (Jgpfl.) - Sparset
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum I'Ansonii
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Leeanum 'sitta'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Maudiae coloratum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum philippinense x chamberlainianum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum platiphyllum x supardii
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Robin Hood (Leybonense magnificum)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Rosettii 'Goliath'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Phragmipedium Memoria Dick Clements
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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