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.
Ada aurantiaca
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Aerangis articulata
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Aspasia lunata
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bifrenaria aureo-fulva
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bulbophyllum rothschildianum 'Fuhrberg Beauty' SM/DOG
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya warneri 'concolor'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya warneri SM/DOG
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya warneri var. coerulea 'Herrenhausen'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cirrhopetalum fascinator
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Coelogyne massangeana
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium antenatum
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dracula decussata
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Eria hyacinthoides
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Isochilus linearis
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia lundii
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Laelia lundii 'alba'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Laelia lundii 'alba' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Laelia lundii 'coerulea'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Masdevallia coccinea 'alba'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Maxillaria bolivarensis
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oncidium flexuosum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Pabstia jugosa
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum gratrixianum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Paphiopedilum rothschildianum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Saint Swithin (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum sanderianum x Bel Royal
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Susan Booth x Wayne Booth
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Phragmipedium pearcei
- flower season: summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Real vanilla, including planter (trellis)
- flower season: summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Vanilla planifolia 'variegata' (Rankegitter) - Real Vanilla plant
- flower season: summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Vanilla planifolia - Echte Vanille Pflanze
- flower season: summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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