Orchid Identification
In colder climates this orchid enjoys summers outside and should come indoors before night temperatures drop below 40 degrees.
Orchid identification. Click the picture for a larger zoomable view. This inspired ftd to create a compendium of american orchids to show people the beauty and diversity of these local genera and maybe even help you find your new favorite orchid. How to identify an orchid. Click on image to view plant details.
This orchid can grow outside year round in freeze free areas. Our guide to these intricate little blooms includes 10 species to look out for and their key identifying features. The nun orchid or nuns cap orchid is a beautiful broad leaf terrestrial orchid of the genus phaius. How to identify orchids.
June tends to be the best month for spotting orchids but don t let this put you off some species flower earlier or later. Orchids are a diverse plant family orchidaceae that includes more than 700 genera and some 28000 individual speciesit is one of the largest of all plant families and its members are identified by a characteristic bilateral symmetry of the flowers with upward facing petals. Please enable javascript to continue using this application. You can use this guide when repotting an orchid that has no label and if you are unsure which genera it is.
This pictorial shows examples of orchids and identifies the type of orchid. The following photos will allow you to identify orchids.