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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Bulbophyllum nymphopolitanum
- flower season: winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Coelogyne fimbriata
- flower season: autumn
- 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 lentiginosa
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cymbidium erythraeum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Dendrochilum wenzellii
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Epidendrum nocturnum
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Epidendrum porpax
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Gomesa crispa
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Masdevallia garciae
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia glandulosa
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia laucheana
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °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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Oncidium cheirophorum
- flower season: autumn winter
- 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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Oncidium phymatochilum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Peristeria elata
- flower season: summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis bellina (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis gigantea (blühstark)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis tetraspis
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis violacea 'alba'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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