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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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 leonis
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Ascocenda (orange) in der Glasvase
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Ascocenda (weiss) in der Glasvase
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Brassia-Sortiment (keiliana, maculata, verrucosa)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Brassolaeliocattleya Alma Kee 'Tipmalee' AM/AOS
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Brassolaeliocattleya Chia Lin 'New City' AM/AOS
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Calanthe aristulifera (abgeblüht, pflanzbereit)
- flower season: may – june
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Calanthe tricarinata (abgeblüht, pflanzbereit)
- flower season: may – june
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Catasetum pileatum
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Catasetum pileatum 'alba'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Cattleya dormaniana
- flower season: autumn
- 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 Pastoral 'Innocence' x percivaliana 'alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °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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Cattleya warneri SM/DOG
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Coelogyne Brymeriana
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Coelogyne Green Dragon 'Chelsea'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: warm (20 - 24 °C
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Coelogyne lentiginosa
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °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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Cymbidium Banana 'Yellow' (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cymbidium erythraeum
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Cymbidium Kiwi Midnight 'Geyserland'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cymbidium madidum
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool (10 - 16 °C)
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Cymbidium Tiger Tail (4-6 Rispen)
- flower season: winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cypripedium calceolus (mit neuem Austrieb)
- flower season: april - may
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Cypripedium formosanum (abgeblüht, pflanzbereit)
- flower season: april - may
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Cypripedium kentuckiense x tibeticum (mit neuem Austrieb)
- flower season: summer
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