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.
Epidendrum nocturnum
- flower season: summer - autumn
- 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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Dendrochilum magnum
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrochilum glumaceum
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrochilum cobbianum
- 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 primulinum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrobium linawianum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- 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 chrysotoxum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrobium articulatum
- flower season: spring
- 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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Cymbidium bicolor
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Coelogyne usitana x merillii
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Coelogyne usitana
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Coelogyne pallens
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Coelogyne flexuosa
- flower season: spring - 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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Ceratostylis rubra -retisquana-
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya xWhitei 'coerulea'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya x guatemalensis 'alba'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya skinneri 'albescens'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya silvana
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya percivalliana 'Graue'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya lueddemaniana 'Purple Heart'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya leopoldii (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya leopoldii 'semi-alba'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya leopoldii 'Schokoladenprinz SM/DOG' x leopoldii 'Dark Prince' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya leopoldii 'coerulea'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya leopoldii 'alba'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya lawrenceana var. concolor 'Laetitia x Aulisii'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya lawrenceana 'Dark Skies'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'semi-alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'rubra'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'Memoria My Amelie' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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