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.
Xylobium squalens
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Stanhopea tigrina var. nigriviolacea (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Rossioglossum williamsianum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Pleurothallis niveo-globula
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Pleurothallis janettiae
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Platystele stenostachya (blühstark, nicht in Knospe/Blüte))
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Phalaenopsis venosa
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis gigantea (blühstark)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis floresensis
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi 'chataladae'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis bellina (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum purpuratum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum philippinense 'roebbelinii'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum lowii (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum leucochilum 'Black'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum godefroyae
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum charlesworthii 'sandowiae'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum charlesworthii
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum X herrmannii
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Neofenetia falcata
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Miltonia xBluntii
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Mexicoa giesbreghtiana
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Maxillaria picta
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Maxillaria marginata
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Masdevallia veitcheana 'Celle'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Masdevallia triangularis
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia floribunda
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia coccinea
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Laelia purpurata werkhauseri striata 'Donna Hilda'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata werkhauseri 'Brusque'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata var. russelliana 'Schmidt' x 'Holderbaum'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata var. russelliana 'Brusque' x 'Anja'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata 'tipo rosada'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata 'roxo bispo'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata 'canhanduba'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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