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.
Vanda luzonica
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Stelis purpurascens
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Stanhopea tigrina var. nigriviolacea (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Sigmatostalix radicans
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Scaphyglottis violacea
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Scaphyglottis prolifera
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Sanseveria trifasciata 'Laurentii' (12 cm Topf)
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Rhynchostylis retusa (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Psygmorchis pusila (in Blüte/Knospe)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Promadisanthus Yellow Bird
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Pleurothallis niveo-globula
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Platystele stenostachya (blühstark, nicht in Knospe/Blüte))
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Phalaenopsis sanderiana (Jgpfl. frisch getopft)
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Phalaenopsis amabilis 'aphrodite' (1-2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum villosum 'laichanense'
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Rosettii 'Goliath'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Robin Hood (Leybonense magnificum)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Pinocchio x niveum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Pinocchio (1 Stiel)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Maudiae coloratum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum lowii (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Leeanum 'sitta'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum King Artur 'Alexander'
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum henryanum (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum henryanum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Goliath x haynaldianum
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum barbigerum 'coccineum'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Pabstia jugosa
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Ornithidium coccineum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Oncidium meirax (2-3 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Oncidium Compact 'Joost' (1 Rispe)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Nephrolepis exaltata (12 cm Topf)
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Mediocalcar umboinense
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Maxillaria variabilis
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia herradurae
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia guttulata
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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