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.
Holcoglossum flavescens
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Gastrochilus acutifolius
- flower season: autumn
- 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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Epidendrum porpax 'alba'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Epidendrum porpax
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Epidendrum polybulbon
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Epidendrum parkinsonianum
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Epidendrum Anika
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Doritis pulcherrima minor
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Doritaenopsis Purple Gem
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Dendrochilum wenzellii
- 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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Dendrochilum luzonense
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrochilum filiforme
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium unicum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium trantuanii
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium tetragonum 'giganteum'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrobium sulcatum
- flower season: 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 parishii 'alba'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Dendrobium Nagase Mini-Purple
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium lawesii
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium jenkinsii
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium infundibulum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrobium hodgkinsonii
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Dendrobium crepidatum
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium auriculatum
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium aphyllum 'album'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Dendrobium antenatum
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrobium aggregatum
- 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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Cleisostoma arietinum
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cirrhopetalum fascinator
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Christensonia vietnamica
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Ceratostylis rubra -retisquana-
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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