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Here's how to care for an orchid after blooming so it'll continue to grow and flower for years to come. Orchid Care After Blooming: 6 Expert Tips to Get More Flowers Skip to main content
Orchids are known and appreciated for their intricate, long-lasting blooms. They come in many varieties with different sizes, colors and aromas, and incorporate a wide range of growing conditions ...
Find out how to prune orchids of all types, and when to do your pruning to encourage fresh growth and more blooming.
This is a list of genera in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), originally according to The Families of Flowering Plants - L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz.This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the Orchid Research Newsletter which is published twice a year by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
This is the largest-flowered orchid species in Europe, growing to 60 cm tall [5] with flowers as wide as 9 cm. [6] Before it flowers, it is distinguished from other orchids by the large size and width of its ovate leaves (as big as 18 cm long, 9 cm wide), [5] which like other orchids exhibit parallel venation.
The orchid that is now known as Rhyncholaelia digbyana was first described as Brassavola digbyanna in 1846 by John Lindley.The plant he described was in the collection of Edward St. Vincent Digby, it was reported to have originated from Honduras. [3]
One of the reasons people love orchids is that the flowers stay on the plant for a long time. A potted azalea or Christmas cactus drops its flowers in a week or two.
The orchid family is one of the largest flowering plant families in the world. Orchids can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Beautiful and fascinating, Orchids can grow almost ...