Orchid Types

Skip online seed listings for a flying duck orchid: no legitimate seller offers Caleana major, and no grower

A catasetum orchid grows fast and wet all summer, then goes bone dry in winter. This wet then

A jewel orchid leaf flashes like a circuit board, gold veins traced over dark green velvet. That plant

Nurseries used to sell a laelia orchid as though the name meant one fixed thing. That is no

The eastern prairie fringed orchid stands just 8 to 40 inches tall. Its western relative can reach 4

Rothschild’s slipper orchid is a Paphiopedilum species from a single mountain in Borneo. Paphiopedilum rothschildianum grows wild only

Mature orchid size is the spread and height a plant reaches once growth levels off. How big do

Garden centers stock racks of vivid blue orchids every spring. Shoppers often assume breeders created a true blue

White orchids almost always mean one plant: Phalaenopsis amabilis and its many white hybrids. This is the moth

Purple shows up in more orchid species than any other flower color in the family. Purple orchids range