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.
Acineta humboldtii
- 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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Brassavola nodosa
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bulbophyllum calyptratum var. graminifolium
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum eberhardtii (in Knospe/Blüte)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Bulbophyllum falcatum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum falcatum 'album'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum falcatum-Sparset
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °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 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 intermedia 'flamea'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya lawrenceana 'Dark Skies'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °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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Cirrhopetalum bicolor x Elisabeth Ann Buckleberry
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Coelogyne huettneriana
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium amabile
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium aphyllum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Dendrobium aphyllum 'album'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Dendrobium convolutum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Dendrobium infundibulum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrobium parishii
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Dendrobium parishii 'alba'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Dendrobium sulawesiense (frisch getopft)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Dendrobium unicum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Gongora truncata
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Laelia milleri x lucasiana (Jgpfl.)
- 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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Odontioda Stirbic (2 Rispen)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Armeni White
- 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 spicerianum -In Vitro- (20-25 Pflanzen in sterilem Glas)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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