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.
Aeranthes grandiflora
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Baptistonia echinata
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum falcatum 'album'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum graveolens
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Cattleya warszewiczii
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Cattleya warszewiczii 'alba'
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Christensonia vietnamica
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Coelia macrostachya
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium aggregatum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium amabile
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium loddigesii
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium pendulum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium sulcatum
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dracula decussata
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Encyclia cochleata
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Eria hyacinthoides
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Holcoglossum Incantatio
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Laelia lundii
- 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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Masdevallia carnosa
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Masdevallia pinocchio
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Maxillaria marginata
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Maxillaria picta
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oerstedella centradenia
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Oncidium sphacelatum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Paphiopedilum wolterianum 'album'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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