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.
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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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 dowiana 'aurea' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya gaskelliana
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya gaskelliana 'coerulea'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya jenmannii (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya maxima 'alba' x 'semi-alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya schroederae
- flower season: spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya trianae 'amesiana'
- flower season: winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya trianae 'Andrea Niessen'
- flower season: winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya trianae 'coerulea'
- flower season: winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya trianae 'mooreana'
- flower season: winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Coelogyne Green Dragon 'Chelsea'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Duft-Phalaenopsis Sortiment (2 versch. Duft-Phal.)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Epidendrum floribundum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia Nemesis
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata 'canhanduba'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata 'roxo bispo'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata 'tipo rosada'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata werkhauseri 'Brusque'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Laelia purpurata werkhauseri striata 'Donna Hilda'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °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 Biondoro (2 Rispenansätze)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis Dazzling Devil (2-3 Rispen)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis Diffusion (2 Rispen)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis Dora Blue (1 Rispen)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phalaenopsis Dusty Belle (2 Rispenansätze)
- flower season: whole year
- 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 Liodoro (1 Rispe)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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