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.
Blc. Yen Corona 'Green Genius'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Brassavola glauca - Sparset
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Brassolaeliocattleya Giselle Bündchen
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya aurantiaca 'flava'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya aurantiaca 'Mishima Spot'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya aurantiaca (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya bowringiana 'coerulea' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya bowringiana (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya Durigan 'Lucifer'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya gaskelliana 'coerulea'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya granulosa 'Bernsteinzimmer'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya guttata 'alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya intermedia 'alba'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya kerrii (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya labiata 'Chrystallina'
- 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 lawrenceana 'Dark Skies'
- flower season: spring - summer
- 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 leopoldii 'alba'
- 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 lueddemaniana 'Purple Heart'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya luteola
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya maxima 'alba' x 'semi-alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya Pastoral 'Innocence' x percivaliana 'alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- 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 percivalliana x C. Peregrine
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya schilleriana
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya schilleriana 'imperialis'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya schilleriana 'sanderiana'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya schilleriana x kerrii
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya silvana
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya skinneri var. alba 'Blaca Chiasa'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya tenuis x bicolor
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya trianae 'amesiana'
- flower season: winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya trianae 'Andrea Niessen'
- flower season: winter
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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