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.
Aliceara Renaissance 'White' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Ascocenda Bavaria Blue x Holcoglossum wangii
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Blc. Yen Corona 'Green Genius'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bletilla striata 'Blue Dragon' (in Knospe/Blüte)
- flower season: may – july
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Bletilla striata 'purple' (mit neuem Austrieb)
- flower season: june - august
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Brassada Anita (2 Rispen)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Brassia Hybride, 1 Rispe (inkl. Übertopf)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Brassia verrucosa
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °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 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 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 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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Chlorophytum comosum 19 cm Topf
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Coelogyne cristata
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Colmanara Gold Rush (2 Rispen)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Hibiki
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Sa-Nook 'Thailand Black' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Sunny Eyes (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Doritaenopsis Black Beauty (2-3 Rispen)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Doritaenopsis Tying Black Beauty Bear (2 Rispen)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Encyclia Green Hornet
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Epicattleya Black Comet Jungpflanzen - Sparset
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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