Orchids
Discover orchid species, hybrids, and cultivars from around the world through clear botanical profiles, growing guidance, flowering details, and cultivar information.
PlantCultivar's orchid encyclopedia is built for gardeners, collectors, breeders, researchers, and anyone fascinated by one of the world's most diverse flowering plant families.
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Browse profiles covering celebrated orchid genera such as Phalaenopsis, Cattleya, Dendrobium, Vanda, Paphiopedilum, and Oncidium. Each guide is designed to help you identify, understand, and grow remarkable orchids with confidence.
Cattleya Chocolate Drop
Cattleya Chocolate Drop is a robust bifoliate orchid hybrid prized for its clusters of glossy, mahogany-to-brown flowers and sweet fragrance. Learn its key care requirements, including light, watering, and potting.
Dendrochilum Cobbianum
Dendrochilum Cobbianum is a Philippine epiphytic orchid known for its cascading chains of fragrant, star-like flowers. Learn how to provide the right humidity, moisture, and light for this unique species.
Cattleya Angereri
Cattleya Angereri is a striking Brazilian rupicolous orchid known for its vibrant orange, star-shaped blossoms and upright growth habit. Learn how to replicate its natural high-light, rocky environment.
Cattleya Mantiqueirae
Cattleya Mantiqueirae is a compact epiphytic orchid known for its vibrant red, orange, or magenta blooms and sympodial growth. Learn how to replicate its native montane environment with proper light, temperature, and watering.
Aerides Lawrenceae
Aerides Lawrenceae is a robust monopodial epiphytic orchid native to the Philippines, prized for its highly fragrant, cascading white and purple flower spikes.
Cymbidium Pumilum
Cymbidium Pumilum is a celebrated miniature orchid species prized for its compact growth habit, grass-like foliage, and dense spikes of reddish-brown flowers.