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.
Stelis purpurascens
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Sigmatostalix radicans - Sparset
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Sigmatostalix radicans
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Scaphyglottis violacea
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Scaphyglottis prolifera
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Rhynchostylis retusa (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Promenea citrina x (Limelight x xanthina) (9+ Blüten)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Promadisanthus Yellow Bird
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Pleurothallis niveo-globula
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Platystele stenostachya (blühstark, nicht in Knospe/Blüte))
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum henryanum (Jgpfl.) - Sparset
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum henryanum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum henryanum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum barbigerum-In Vitro- (20-25 Pflanzen in sterilem Glas)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Pabstia jugosa
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Ornithidium coccineum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Oncidium meirax (2-3 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Mediocalcar umboinense
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Maxillaria variabilis
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia vargasii
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia herradurae - Sparset
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia herradurae
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia garciae
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia floribunda
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Lockhartia oerstedii
- flower season: whole year
- 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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Laelia harpophylla
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia grandis
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °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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Dendrochilum wenzellii
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrobium tetragonum 'giganteum'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrobium infundibulum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrobium antenatum
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °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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