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.
Tetramicra canliculata
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Pholidota imbricata
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis lueddemaniana (blühstark, nicht in Knospe/Blüte)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum superbiens
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum lawrenceanum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum delenatii 'alba'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Paphiopedilum callosum 'sublaeve'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum callosum 'potentianum' (Jgpfl)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia ignea (3-4 Stiele)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Laelia tenebrosa 'rubra'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia grandis
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dracula decussata
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium sulawesiense (frisch getopft)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Dendrobium parishii
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Dendrobium infundibulum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrobium convolutum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Dendrobium amabile
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Coelogyne usitana x merillii
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Coelogyne usitana
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Coelogyne huettneriana
- 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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Cattleya warneri var. coerulea 'Herrenhausen'
- 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 percivalliana 'Graue'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya luteola
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya lawrenceana var. concolor 'Laetitia x Aulisii'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya lawrenceana 'Dark Skies'
- 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 gaskelliana 'coerulea'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Bulbophyllum macranthum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bulbophyllum falcatum 'album'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum eberhardtii
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Brassia verrucosa
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Angraecum calceolus
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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