Orchid Types

Green orchids look like a florist trick, dyed green for a holiday display. Real examples exist across several

Nun orchids get lumped in with delicate greenhouse plants. The phaius tankervilleae orchid is actually one of the

Orange orchids get their color from carotenoid pigments, the same compounds that color carrots and marigolds. True orange

About 200 species make up the Coelogyne orchid genus, spread across Asia and the Pacific islands. Growers often

A hybrid orchid comes from crossing two different orchid parents, on purpose or by chance. Breeders choose parents

A grocery store Phalaenopsis with cobalt blue petals sits on the shelf next to a plain white one.

A single white star shaped flower with a foot long nectar spur sat on Charles Darwin’s desk in

New Dendrobium owners expect every plant in the genus to want warmth and humidity all year. The kingianum

Spathoglottis plicata survives outdoors only in USDA zones 10 to 11. It dies back the moment temperatures drop

A bulbophyllum orchid belongs to the largest genus in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Bulbophyllum holds close to 2,000