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.
Acineta densa
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Acineta humboldtii
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Barkeria spectabilis
- flower season: summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Bifrenaria harrisoniae 'alba' x Lycaste Spring Scene
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Bulbophyllum eberhardtii (in Knospe/Blüte)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya bicolor (Jgpfl., frisch getopft)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °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 dormaniana
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya gaskelliana 'alba'
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya guttata 'alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya guttata 'coerulea' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya guttata 'tigrina'
- 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 intermedia 'aquinii'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya intermedia 'flamea'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya mossiae 'alba'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya porphyroglossa (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °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 walkeriana
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya walkeriana 'coerulea'
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya walkeriana var. coerulea 'Terra Azul' x 'Edward'
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Chysis bractescens
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Coelogyne graminifolia
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Coelogyne huettneriana
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium amethystoglossum
- flower season: winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium crepidatum
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium cuthbertsonii
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium jenkinsii
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium lawesii
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrochilum uncatum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Gongora armeniaca
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Gongora truncata
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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