Orchid Types

Skip the bucket orchid unless you can offer warmth, high humidity, and strong light all year. The genus

A ballerina orchid is Caladenia melanema, a critically endangered spider orchid from Western Australia. Only a few dozen

Picture a wet mountain meadow in July, ankle deep in sphagnum. A spike of small white flowers rises

Winter looks like a dead season for woodland wildflowers, but the putty root orchid does the opposite. It

A three dollar packet arrives in the mail. It says orchid seeds for sale, with a photo of

A honohono orchid can push its canes past three feet in a single summer. Those same canes then

The word subscription suggests variety, but orchid subscription boxes usually ship the same plant every time. Most boxes

The pierardii orchid is the old trade name for Dendrobium aphyllum. This deciduous Dendrobium species grows wild across

A hiker on a Monteverde cloud forest trail stops at a mossy branch overhead. A maroon flower barely

Waxy green and magenta flowers with a strong citrus scent point to one plant. That plant is a