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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Aliceara Renaissance 'White' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °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 (1-2 Rispen)
- 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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Cirrhopetalum Elisabeth Ann Buckleberry (frisch getopft)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Colmanara Catathante 'Pacific Sunspots' (1 Rispe)
- 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 aggregatum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Comet King 'Akasuki' (2 Blütenstiele)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °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 Spring Dream 'Apollon' (2 Stiele)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Sunny Bird (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Sunny Eyes (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Encyclia vitellina (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Laelia lundii
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Laelia lundii 'alba'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Laelia lundii 'alba' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Laelia lundii 'coerulea'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Masdevallia Amazone 'Dracona'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Masdevallia ignea x Amazone 'Dracona'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Masdevallia Selphi Orion
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Masdevallia Southern Sun
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Mediocalcar decoratum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Miltonidium Sweet Cherry (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Miltoniopsis Hybride (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Odontocidium Remember Burkhard Holm (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Odontocidium Remember Burkhard Holm (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Odontocidium Tiger Tail (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Odontoglossum pulchellum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Odontoglossum Violetta von Holm (1 Rispe)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oerstedella centradenia
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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