Growing Miltonia Orchids The Miltonia orchids are intermediate climate orchids. These orchids are found in its natural habitat in places like Brazil and to a lesser extent in Columbia and Ecuador as well where the Miltoniopsis orchid tends to thrive since they are slightly cooler-growing orchids. The everyday name of the Miltonia orchids is the Pansy Orchids. This is due to the Miltonia orchid flower resembling the Violas of Pansies as they are fondly…
Growing Disa uniflora and its hybrids Disa uniflora orchids make a good companion to Cymbidium orchids and Odontoglossum orchids. The Disa uniflora orchid species are relatively new to the orchid cultivation scene and are indigenous to the Western Cape in South Africa. Disa uniflora has small orchid flowers, but the stems can reach 1 meter (that is 3.3 feet) in height. The colors of the Disa uniflora orchid…
Dendrobium Orchids Care Guide Dendrobium orchids and their hybrids form the second largest group of orchids after the Bulbophyllum orchids. There is way over 1,500 species of Dendrobium orchids in this group and thousands more types of orchid hybrids in the Dendrobium orchid group; and they are well dispersed all over the world. Nowadays it is not uncommon to find a Dendrobium orchid growing…
Growing Cypripedium orchids In 1737 Carl Linnaeus used the word Cypripedium to describe the European orchid species. The word Cyprus (the island Cyprus) originated from the name Cypripedium. Carl Linnaeus also used the word pedilum, which meant shoe or slipper, to describe other species. Cypripedium orchids occur naturally in the Far East, but these days it is cultivated almost anywhere in the world. There were also…
Growing and Caring for Cymbidium Orchids Cymbidium orchid species are not widely cultivated, but hybrids of Cymbidium orchids lend themselves to cultivation. They make excellent pot plants and cut flowers and as such the Cymbidium orchids (both the species and the hybrids) are very popular. Incidentally their flowering period coincides with the Winter Christmas season in the Northern hemisphere. These Cymbidium orchids…
Growing Cattleya Orchid and Care Guide Cattleya orchids are also known as the ‘Queen of Orchids‘. They come in lovely, large, pink, blousy orchid flowers and represent most people’s idea of what an orchid flower should look like. The Cattleya orchid flowers are some of the most beautiful exotic fragrance flowers and vary in colors from the beautiful lavenders to…
Growing Ansellia africana orchids – Leopard Orchid Care African Ansellias are commonly known as Leopard Orchids. When one takes a close look at the Ansellia africana orchid, named in honor of John Ansell, who discovered the first specimen on a river expedition in Niger, one can easily see why this orchid got its common name….
Orchid Care Guide – How To Care For Orchids It is extremely important to consider when deciding to grow orchids that the conditions offered to the orchids must closely match their natural habitat. It does not matter how hard you try to keep your orchid plants alive if the environment that you can offer them…
The Orchid Life Cycle In addition to their interesting life cycle, orchids have a number of twists that make them unique among flowering plants. For instance, certain orchids produce a pheromone that attracts female wasps to pollinate them. In this way, male wasps attract the female wasps to pollinate the flowers. It has also been…
Classification Of Orchids There are certain rules that apply when naming any type of plant, including orchid plants. Most plants are named using just a genus name and a species name as per the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN), but in the case of orchids, there are more rules that have to be heeded…
