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 bolsteri
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Bulbophyllum falcatum 'Bufo'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Bulbophyllum lemniscatoides
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Bulbophyllum macranthum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Christensonia vietnamica
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium hodgkinsonii
- flower season: winter - spring
- 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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Doritis pulcherrima minor
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Epidendrum polybulbon
- flower season: autumn winter
- 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 porpax 'alba'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Jumellea confusa
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Kefersteinia tolimensis
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Lockhartia goyazensis
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Macodes petola (fast blühstark)
- flower season: spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Masdevallia adrianae
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Masdevallia curtipes
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia echo
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Masdevallia floribunda
- flower season: summer - 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 glandulosa
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia minuta
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Masdevallia mystica
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia nidifica 'Red'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia triangularis
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia tuerckheimii
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Masdevallia vargasii
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia venusta
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Maxillaria schunkeana
- flower season: summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Maxillaria variabilis
- flower season: whole year
- 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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Oerstedella centradenia
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oncidium cheirophorum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Oncidium meirax (2-3 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- 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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