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.
Adaglossum Summit 'French Town' (1 Rispe)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Angraecum sesquipedale (bosseri)
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Beallara Gothic (1 Rispe)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Beallara Joe's Drum Hybride (1-2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Beallara Marfitch 'Howard's Dream' AM/AOS (1 Rispe)
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Beallara Torero (1 Rispe)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Begonia tripartida - Sparset
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Brassia Eternal Wind 'Summer Dream'
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Brassia Verona
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Brassidium Mystic Maze (1 Rispe)
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Brassidium Shooting Star 'Black Gold'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum calyptratum var. graminifolium
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum falcatum (4-5 Rispen)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Bulbophyllum lepidum
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Cirrhopetalum Elisabeth Ann Buckleberry (frisch getopft)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Colmanara Catathante 'Pacific Sunspots' (1 Rispe)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Colmanara Jungle Monarch (1 Rispe)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Colmanara Wildcat 'White lip' (1 Rispe)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Degamoara Purple Princess (1 Rispe)
- flower season: summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium abberans
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium auriculatum
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Rainbow Pink
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Sa-Nook 'Coconut Dream' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Sa-Nook 'Polar Fire' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium Sa-Nook 'Purple Happiness' (1 Rispe)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrobium trantuanii
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrochilum filiforme
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrochilum javieriense
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Dendrochilum luzonense
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Encyclia vitellina (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Epidendrum lancifolium
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Masdevallia Amazone 'Dracona'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Masdevallia Biana Liu
- flower season: winter
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Masdevallia ignea x Amazone 'Dracona'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Masdevallia Selphi Orion
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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Maxillaria atrosanguinea
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate (16 - 20 °C)
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