Orchid Encyclopedia

A hardy Brazilian orchid with large waxy fragrant flowers, easy for beginners.

An epiphytic orchid with intensely fragrant white flowers at night, known as Lady of the Night.

Known as the Queen of Orchids, prized for large fragrant blooms and stunning colors.

A compact, fragrant Cattleya species from Brazil with sweet scent and charming blooms.

A hardy epiphytic orchid with white fragrant flowers and beautiful pendant flower spikes.

A small Brachypetalum slipper orchid of limestone rocks. On a short stem it carries one or two rounded cream to pale yellow flowers finely speckled with red-purple, and the flowers have an apple-like scent.

Called Swan Orchid for its swan-neck column, a fragrant orchid with deciduous habit.

An oriental orchid blooming in late autumn to winter, treasured for elegant flowers and fragrance.

A moth orchid species named for its flattened, branching flower stem that resembles a deer's antler. The same stem keeps producing fleshy, fragrant flowers 3-5 cm across over a long period. It is widespread in lowland Southeast Asia.

A Dendrobium with vivid golden flower clusters and sweet honey-like fragrance.

A hardy small Dendrobium from Australia with pink fragrant flower spikes.

An epiphytic orchid with octopus-like petals, hardy and easy to grow with many fragrant species.

A moth orchid species from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and north-western Sumatra. Its fleshy, strongly scented flowers range from white to red, varying between plants and even from year to year on one plant, and the former P. speciosa is now included in it.

A moth orchid species endemic to the Philippines. Its waxy, fleshy flowers are white to ochre, barred and spotted violet to magenta, sweetly scented and long-lasting. The flower stems readily produce plantlets (keikis).

A small epiphytic orchid native to Japan, named after Mount Nago in Okinawa where it was found. It carries thick, leathery leaves in two rows and in early summer to summer opens pale greenish-white flowers with red-purple bars on the lateral sepals and a lemony scent.

The species behind the nobile-type Dendrobium hybrids. Upright, yellowish canes carry fragrant, waxy flowers in twos to fours at the nodes, ranging in colour from white to pink and purple.

A compact Oncidium hybrid with vanilla scent and many cute small flowers, easy for beginners.

A medium-sized Dendrobium bearing purple-pink flowers in twos and threes at the nodes of leafless canes, long-lasting and scented of rhubarb or raspberry.

A species Phalaenopsis with refreshing lemon fragrance and beautiful green-purple gradient.

Known as Foxtail Orchid, with dense flower spikes and sweet fragrance.

A unique orchid with downward-hanging flowers, requiring basket culture with intense fragrance.