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.
Aeranthes grandiflora
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Anoectochilus chapaensis
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Anoectochilus roxburghii x Ludisia discolor
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Anoectochilus siamensis x roxburghii
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Anoectochilus sikkimensis
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Baptistonia echinata
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Beallara Joe's Drum Hybride (1 Rispe)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Beallara Joe's Drum Hybride (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Beallara Marfitch 'Carribean Sunrise' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Burrageara Golden Nelly (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya mossiae 'alba'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cirrhopetalum Elisabeth Ann Buckleberry (frisch getopft)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Coelogyne cristata 'citrina'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Colmanara Catathante 'Pacific Sunspots'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Colmanara Massai 'Red' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium abberans
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium chrysotoxum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrobium linawianum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrobium loddigesii
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Nagase Mini-Purple
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium pendulum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium primulinum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrobium spectabile
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Dendrobium tortile
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Dendrochilum cobbianum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrochilum uncatum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Encyclia vitellina (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Epidendrum Ballerina 'Orange' (2-3 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Epidendrum Ballerina 'Rosy'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Erycina crista-galli (syn. Psygmorchis, Oncidium)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Fredclarkeara After Dark 'SVO Black Pearl' FCC/AOS
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia harpophylla
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Leptotes bicolor
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia circe
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Masdevallia veitcheana x infracta
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Miltoniopsis Hybride (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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