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As tropical plants, orchids thrive at between 50 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. However, you want to avoid placing them directly next to or in line with an air vent because either warm or cold gusts ...
Get expert orchid care tips to keep your tropical plants happy after it flowers. Learn the best way to water an orchid, how to prune orchids, and more.
This orchid is an easy-to-grow houseplant and is great for beginners, with petals in a variety of colors with speckled and striped patterns. Care Guide Light : Well shaded, indirect light, east or ...
Dendrobium loddigesii (Loddiges' dendrobium) is a miniature to small sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte, lithophyte or terrestrial orchid that comes from Laos, Vietnam, and China. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is found in humid, mossy, mixed and coniferous forests at elevations of 1000 to 1500 meters, in areas with dry winter and a wet spring and summer.
The diagnostic characteristic of E. radicans is its tendency to sprout roots all along the length of the stem; other crucifix orchids only produce roots near the base. [3] It is a frequent roadside weed at middle elevations in Central America. Its common name 'crucifix orchid' refers to the tiny cross-shaped labellum in the centre of the flower ...
Bletilla, common name urn orchid, is a temperate, terrestrial genus of orchids containing five currently recognized species distributed through China, Japan, Taiwan, south to Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar. [1] [2] The name is actually a diminutive of Bletia because of the resemblance between the two genera even though Bletia is a New World genus.
Ophrys apifera, known in Europe as the bee orchid, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Ophrys, in the family of Orchidaceae. It serves as an example of sexually deceptive pollination and floral mimicry, a highly selective and highly evolved plant–pollinator relationship.
Phaius tankervilleae, commonly known as the greater swamp-orchid, swamp lily, swamp orchid, [2] nun's-hood orchid, [3] nun's orchid, veiled orchid, Lady Tankerville's swamp orchid [4] or 鹤顶兰 (he ding lan), [5] is a species of orchid native to areas from Asia to islands in the Pacific Ocean.