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 bensonii
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Sigmatostalix radicans - Sparset
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Psychopsis Mariposa 'Green Valley'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Psychopsis kramerianum (1 Blütenstiel)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Phalaenopsis-Schnäppchen (10 Phalaenopsis mit 2 Rispen)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum-Sortiment (3 knospige/blühende Frauenschuhe)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum sanderianum x Bel Royal
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum sanderianum
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Saint Swithin
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum platiphyllum x supardii
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Memoria Michael Lawless
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum Lippewunder (2 Blütenstiele)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum I'Ansonii
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum esquirolei 'album' x P. White Wings
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Paphiopedilum David Ott (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Orchideen-Schnäppchen (10 knospige/blühende Pfl.)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Orchideen-Einsteiger-Sortiment
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Masdevallia herradurae - Sparset
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Lc. C.G. Roebling 'Blue Indigo' x C. maxima 'coerulea'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia superbiens 'alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia purpurata 'vinocolor'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia purpurata 'argolao'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Laelia lobata
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Jungpflanzen Spar-Paket (10 Stück)
- flower season: in 1 - 1 1/2 years
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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In-Vitro Sortiment (3 Paph.-Sorten in sterilem Glas)
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Fredclarkeara After Dark 'SVO Black Pearl' FCC/AOS
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Erycina crista-galli (syn. Psygmorchis, Oncidium)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Dendrochilum glumaceum
- flower season: winter
- 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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Cattleya Pastoral 'Innocence' x percivaliana 'alba'
- flower season: autumn winter
- 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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Brassolaeliocattleya Alma Kee 'Tipmalee' AM/AOS
- flower season: spring - summer
- 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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Aerides mitrata 'alba'
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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Aerides mitrata
- flower season: spring
- temperature: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)
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