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.
Angraecum leonis
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Brassavola nodosa
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Catasetum pileatum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Catasetum pileatum 'alba'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Catasetum pileatum Hybride
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya bicolor (Jgpfl., frisch getopft)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya gaskelliana
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya gaskelliana 'coerulea'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya granulosa 'Bernsteinzimmer'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya intermedia 'alba'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya intermedia 'aquinii'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya warneri 'concolor'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya warneri SM/DOG
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya warneri var. coerulea 'Herrenhausen'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Coelogyne flexuosa
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Coelogyne Green Dragon 'Chelsea'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cymbidium bicolor
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Gongora truncata
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Laelia grandis
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Maxillaria brunnea (blühstark, nicht in Knospe/Blüte)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Maxillaria tenuifolia (9+ Blüten, inkl. Übertopf)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Oncidium leucochilum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Phalaenopsis violacea 'Sumatra' (Jgpfl., frisch getopft)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Tetramicra canliculata
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Vanda flabellata
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Vanda flabellata (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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