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…
Orchid Biological Structure There are three distinguishable characteristics of orchids that set them apart from other flowers in the floral kingdom. These are the flowers, the reproductive parts (or column) and the roots. The Orchid Flower The orchid flower is bilaterally symmetrical. This means that every orchid flower can be divided on a vertical plane, and a…
Orchids Orchidaceae (the orchid family) is the largest family of flowering plants with more than 25,000 species, with more and more new orchid plants are being discovered continually, though about 3,000 of the species are under taxonomic dispute. It is also the oldest type of flowering plant on earth and makes up about 6–11% of all seed plants. The…
Phalaenopsis orchid “Moth orchid”- Complete Care Guide The moth orchid (phalaenopsis) is one of those cult house plants which almost everybody knows. A real, beautiful queen among indoor plants that can bloom in any season of the year. Some hobbyists plant the moth orchid on a piece of tree trunk, which usually looks quite attractive,…
