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 sesquipedale (bosseri)
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bletilla striata 'Penway Brigantes' (in Blüte/Knospe)
- flower season: may – july
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Bletilla striata 'Shi Ran' (mit neuem Austrieb)
- flower season: may – july
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Bletilla striata alba 'variegata' (in Blüte/Knospe)
- flower season: may – july
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Brassia maculata
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya aurantiaca 'Mishima Spot' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya gaskelliana
- 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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Chlorophytum comosum 12 cm Topf
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Epipactis gigantea (mit neuem Austrieb)
- flower season: may – july
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Epipactis thunbergii x gigantea 'red leaf' (mit neuem Austrieb)
- flower season: may – july
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Eria albidotomentosa
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia barlaeana
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Masdevallia coccinea
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Masdevallia corriacea
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Masdevallia herradurae
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia measuresiana
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia rolfeana
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Maxillaria atrosanguinea
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Pleione formosana (abgeblüht, pflanzbereit)
- flower season: april - may
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