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.
Aerides mitrata
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Aerides mitrata 'alba'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Angraecum calceolus
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Angraecum Veitchii (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Angraecum Veitchii Jungpflanzen-Sparset
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Beallara Tahoma Glacier 'Green' (1 Rispe)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Beallara Tahoma Glacier 'Green' (Jungpfl.)
- flower season: in 1 - 1 1/2 years
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Brassavola glauca (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring
- 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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Brassavola nodosa
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bulbophyllum lobbii
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bulbophyllum Louis Sander
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bulbophyllum rufinum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Burrageara Golden Nelly (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya granulosa 'Bernsteinzimmer'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'alba' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'Chrystallina'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Cattleya labiata 'coerulea' (Jgpfl.)
- 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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Cattleya labiata 'rubra'
- flower season: autumn winter
- 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 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 'coerulea'
- 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 'semi-alba'
- 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 lueddemaniana 'Purple Heart'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- 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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Ceratostylis rubra -retisquana-
- flower season: whole year
- 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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Cycnodes Wine Delight 'JEM' FCC/AOS (in Knospe/Blüte)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- 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 chrysotoxum
- 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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