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Wild Orchids grow there on trees, in the rain forest, mangroves and in the rock crannies. Most are half-terrestrial and epiphytic orchids.

Orchid plants can be divided into monopodial and sympodial groups. Monopodial orchids like Vanda and Aerides are growing upwards from a single point and the flower appear atop a long stem. Phalaenopsis, though monopodial, is stem less.

The sympodial group like Cattleya and Laelia can growth in several directions, but with Cattleya, its only one direction.

Wild Orchid grow on a tree

-To answer some common questions about orchids, orchid pictures on this page are from Phuket:

- Are orchids are carnivorous. They are not, in fact, they pollinate by luring insects to them but they do not eat the insects.

- Do orchids come from the tropics only. Some orchid plants come from the tropical climates but they grow in any climate and in any country, even Alaska.-

- Are orchids expensive. Not today anymore. with the increased number of orchid garden and growers, the modern reproductive methods orchids now are reasonably priced.

- Are orchids hard to grow. Orchids are not more difficult to grow than any other plant. They need the water, light, air and fertilizer. You can have a beautiful orchid flowers that last for years by applying this basics over time.

- Are all orchids the same? Orchids come in over 28,000 varieties of species and countless hybrids. Orchid plants are the largest plant family plus estimated of 130,000 hybrids today. They grow from thimble size (Mystacidium) to over 6 meters tall (Renanthera storei)

- On what soil do orchid grow? Most orchid flower require no soil.

-Orchid Plants are divided into 4 classes:

Epiphytes air plants (most orchids) grow on trees.

Lithophytes air plants grow on rock surface.

Saprophytes air plants grown on rotten vegetation.

Terrestrials orchid ground plants grow on soil.

- How long last an orchid? Most orchid species can last for years if taken care properly of. There are some orchid plants which were propagated in the 18th century and still live today.

- How often do orchids bloom? This varies according to the orchid species and hybrid but they can bloom from once to 4 times a year. The blossoms can last for weeks to months. Orchids can take years to come to maturity and bloom. Typically, the plants are anywhere from 5 to 8 years old.

-A orchid nursery in Phuket Thailand

The Phuket nursery is situated near the road from Chalong Circle to Rawai. This Thai orchid nursery has a huge collection of orchid flowers from species and hybrids. There is retail and wholesale sales from 10am to 6 pm.

In the garden or nursery you can find plants on sale for reasonable and affordable price. A other way to buy some beautiful orchids could be to have a look at the many flower shops along many road at Phuket Island.

They sell their orchids to the Phuket hotels and beach resorts as well as to a lot of tourists who just come to the nursery every day to have a look, entrance fee into the orchid garden is Baht 200,-.

The orchids on sale are ok for indoor and outdoor, if you want to take them home after your Phuket vacation the bottom of the orchid flowers are put into a small plastic container, that means its ok for up to about 3 weeks when you take out the orchid do a small slice off and put it back into the container or elsewhere, with some water.

They only sell orchids, no other flower, the selection is huge and every day the whole place about 200 x 150 m is in full bloom, a feast for the eyes

Some flowers are purchased to decorate big Phuket hotels and also delivery to tourist in the hotels is made. If you ever travel to Phuket Island in southern Thailand visit the orchid nursery, it’s worth it.

Orchids Pictures

Orchids Garden

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Yellow Orchid	Orchids Flowers

Actually at Phuket there is a great orchid garden with hundreds of Thai orchids.

-Orchid plants are the most prolific of the flowering species of plants.

Thousands of varieties are out there in nature and thousands more being created by cross breeding and new orchid hybrids. About 600 new varieties are coming up each year either through the discovery of new species or the creation of new hybrids.

The largest types of orchids are the Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, Cattleya and Vanda. Orchids can grow in just about any environment and the majority of orchids are growing in tropical environments.

There are even some orchids flowers, which do not engage in the normal process of photosynthesis as most plants do, but actually live from a fungus.

One type of orchid, most people who do some cooking from time to time had already a close encounter with it, in particular when it comes to sweets and desserts, is vanilla. Vanilla is one kind of orchid used in food; other orchids are used in perfumes.

However, the huge spectrum of colors, even within a single plant is the main reason why people like orchids. All orchids are quite easy to take care of. Since there are only a few important parameter to grow and take care of orchids

Pink Orchid

Yellow Orchid

Orchids growing supply means water, a little fertilizer and the right light, temperature and humidity if you get this right you can enjoy beautiful orchids blooming several times a year.

Some of the main kinds of orchids you will find to adorn your house are Vanda, Cattleya, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis and Cymbidium and there are many more.

Dendrobium

-The most popular orchids are dendrobium, cattleya, cymbidium, vanda, oncidium, paphiopedilum, phalaenopsis or phal, vanilla orchids, mokara and dyakia.

Dendrobium orchids are usually found in tropical areas. Some species grow on trees, while a few can be found growing on rocks.

If you have dendrobium orchids in your garden, home or greenhouse here are some tips how to take care of dendrobium.

Dendrobium need good air movement. This will help prevent accumulating of water and the formation of mold.

Just open the window, a fan can also be used, but don't point the fan directly towards the orchid plant.

As mentioned earlier, dendrobium orchids are usually found in tropical areas. It's best that you provide a temperature range between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius during the day. At night, a range between 18 and 25 C is good.

Dendrobium can be exposed to colder or hotter temperatures for a short time without causing damage.

Dendrobium orchids usually grow on trees or rocks in the wild. This means that they are used to drying out before being given water again.

When growing dendrobium in your home, you should let the pot dry out before pour more water.

Dendrobium orchids want full sun in the morning and shade in the afternoon, since you cant talk with them to change this you better do accordingly.

Dendrobium like to be placed in a new pot every two years. This should be done during the spring after the plant has bloomed.

Some bark or coconut halves works well growing dendrobium in a larger pot.

If you fix dendrobium on a palm tree or other make sure they have some shelter above them because if the monsoon downpour can catch them directly, they instantly die.

Dendrobium on a palm tree

Dendrobium

Dendrobium

Dendrobium Wild

Dendrobium Yellow

Dendrobium Pink

Dendrobium White

Dendrobium Orchid Species

Dendrobium Drink Decoration

-Vanda Orchids are easy to handle and can be grown indoor and outdoor in a warm environment.

Most vanda orchids have pretty saturated colors. Vanda are popular orchids because of the flower shape and the colors.

Vanda come in about 80 different species, plus countless in hybrids versions. The flower shops usually have vanda hybrids. The vanda orchids pictures at right have been taken in a Thai orchid

Yellow Vanda

Vanda violet

nurseries at Phuket.

Vanda orchids usually are placed in a wooden basket with only minimal or no soil over the roots since they take most what they need from the air. Once per week water them with some fertilizer and you will be quite happy with your vanda plants. Vanda orchids are great in house plants and a feast for the eyes once their flower has open up.

Vanda Yellow

Vanda Orchid Plant

Vanda Orchid Flower

Vanda orchids also look attractive as cut flower arrangements and stay nice quite a while, usually 2 - 4 weeks if you treat them well. In particular cut the stem a little every few days,

slice it off and put the flower back into the container or vase.

Vandas are a great object for

Vanda Pink

Vanda Orchid

Purple Vanda

beautiful pictures To make a photo or video in a orchid nursery its like being in a sea of colors.

Very special are blue vanda orchids as you can see at the images of vanda orchids at right. In this vanda orchid gallery the plants are in a small wooden basket and grow marvelous.

Almost all colors of the rainbow are within the vanda color spectrum, blue, vanda red, purple, green, yellow, orange and variants of.

-One look at a oncidium orchid

explains why people like them. A oncidium orchid can be grown them outdoors in a area with a mild winter. Cymbidium orchid are cool season orchids, very easy to grow and they bloom with minimum care.

Oncidium orchids grow over a meter tall, and large flowers Bloom season is usually from early winter to spring.

Blue Vanda Orchid

Oncidium

-Cattleya orchids

In the early 19th century William Cattley gave cattleya orchids the name.

Cattleya orchid plants have one of the largest flowers, up to about 12 cm across. They are a little bit harder to grow and most flower only once per year and the flowers last only about 2 - 3 weeks.

This has changed with the introduction of cattleya hybrids. Today's cattleya hybrids last longer and they bloom more than once per year and show the flower for more than 2-3 weeks.

Wild cattleya grow in rain forests

Cattleya orchid

Cattleya bloom

Cattleya culture

Cattleya care

of South America, in Argentina, Bolivia and Mexico. They also grow in the Andes from near sea level up to about 4000 meters.

Cattleya orchids are epiphytes or plants who get their feeding out of the air. Indoor cattleya hybrids naturally need some care with water, fertilizer and plenty of light.

Cattleya orchid hybrid

Cattleya hybrids

Orchid Garden

Orchid pictures

Dendrobium Pink, Dendrobium, dendrobium care, photo, pictures.

Dendrobium white, video, dendrobium flowers, dendrobium orchids

It could be useful to put a special grow light above your cattleya.

-Dendrobium

are some of the most popular orchid plants on the market, they look gorgeous, have beautiful colors and are quite easy to handle.

For orchid care do repotting every two to three years, pots should be from a porous, free draining media. That could be a combination of wood chips some pieces of styrofoam or some cut coconuts and fixed on the palm tree. Dendrobiums seem to grow best when the pot is smaller than the size of the orchid plant

For good growing, dendrobium need about 50% sun or bright light. They will do well near an east, west or south window. Dendrobium want light, like most of other plants for a healthy growth Under artificial light about 40 watt lights growing light directly over the plant would be a excellent orchid growing solution.

A Dendrobium need a difference in temperature between night and day, ideal would be night 20 degree Celsius and day about 30 degree Celsius. Air circulation is needed and in particular when the temperature rises above 30 degrees. Like all orchid flowers dendrobium need moisture while growing. When the orchid growing period has settled dendrobium plants they should get dry between watering.

Dendrobium Purple, white dendrobium, dendrobiums, growing orchids

Dendrobium hybrid, of dendrobium, orchid, orchid dendrobium

- The Singapore Orchid Garden

pictures at the right side.

A dendrobium like humidity of about 50 - 60%. Humidity trays should be used while the plant is inside a house. Use and spray a fertilizer weekly.

The orchid family or Orchidaceae has a much wider spectrum of species than any other plant family, have a look at our orchid pictures including purple flowers at the right, this 4 pictures are from the Singapore Orchid Garden.

Most orchids are epiphytes, means their roots are not in soil , their roots just hang down getting what they need through the moisture of the air.
Some orchid flowers are parasites; lacking chlorophyll, they extract the necessary nutrients from the organism on which they grow.

Orchids come in almost every color except black, and only few have any fragrance. The orchids that do have some smell run from the scent of chocolate to that of carrion. Here is is beautiful landscaping composition from the Singapore Orchid Garden.

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Singapore Orchid Garden	Purple Orchid at the Singapore Orchid Garden
Singapore Orchid Garden

Other orchids are cymbidium, oncidium, paphiopedilum, phalaenopsis or phal, vanilla orchids, mokara orchid and dyakia orchid. There are more orchid species and hybrids.

The orchid flowers shown on this page are more or less the most popular because they look real good and are easy to grow and keeping. Just take care of your orchid flowers and they will stay nice for several years. For orchid seeds, check right pictures.

Mokara

Paphiopedilum

Dyakia orchid

Oncidium Orchid
Oncidium

Orchid seeds

Cattleya Seeds

White Vanda

Vanda and Dendrobium

Dendrobium picture

Pink Orchid

Yellow Orchid Flower

Vanda

Red Orchid

Orchid

Orchid orange

Photos orchid

Orchid Flower Pink

White Dendrobium Picture

White Orchid Bouquet

Orchids Orange

Orchid Flowers

Dendrobium Purple

Mokara Yellow

Mokara

Dendrobium

Cymbidium

Nursery

White Orchid

Most orchids are epiphytes, growing with their roots not in soil but hanging down instead. A few orchids are parasites; without chlorophyll, they get nutrients from the tree or other they grow on. There is even one Australian orchid species who spends its entire life in the dark underground.

The flowers come in many colors except black, and only few have a fragrance, some have in the spectrum scent of chocolate to carrion. Orchids have a great diversity and lifestyles.

Most plants--particularly the flowering plants possess both male and female parts, and so they can, in principle, fertilize themselves.

Orchid Colors

Orchids belong to the class Liliopsida along with grasses and lilies, which both produce stamens in multiplies of three.

The flowers typically bear just one fertile stamen. Furthermore, that stamen is fused with the pistil, forming a bisexual structure called the column. Pollen is produced within the anther at the apex of the column. Typically, the pollen grains adhere to one another, forming one or two small masses attached to a sticky pad, called the pollinarium.

Atop the pollinarium is the anther cap, a kind of hood that prevents self-pollination and is easily dislodged by an insect's body or a bird. Any visitor that comes in contact with the pollinarium's sticky pad ends up conveying the entire structure, pollen and all, to its next stopover.

Because the pollinarium attaches to any visitor that dislodges the anther cap, the anther is empty when the insect or bird flies away. In other words, the orchid flower has a one-shot chance of effectively attaching the pollinarium to a visiting pollinator, and after to another orchid flower. Orchid plants generally use color, shape and overall floral morphology to lure them.

The whole looks a little difficult but orchids can manage this without major problems. Orchids, after all, are one of the most successful families of plants.

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Seeds

Once pollinated, the ovary develops into a capsule filled with tens of thousands of very small seeds. Within each orchid seed is an embryo made up of just a few cells; the embryo is not provisioned with a food source. The orchid progeny are protected from the elements by nothing more than a paper-thin seed coat, leaving them vulnerable to damage and desiccation, and to attack by microorganisms.

The seed's exposure to microbial attack is not negative. To germinate, the orchid seeds must first connect to a fungus. Once the orchid does the connection with a fungus on a cell level, the seedling begins to pull essential nutrients from the fungus.

That means, the seedling function as a parasite on the fungus. The orchid plant carry on with this until it develops leaves for photosynthesis, after the orchid plant manufacture food on its own.

Alternatively, the flowers may continue to feed off its host for the rest of its life, without ever producing green chlorophyll. This strategy is called myco-heterotrophism, and some orchids are living it.

Genetic analysis shows that orchids -orchidaceae- are member of the asparagales plant, also agave, asparagus, hyacinth, iris, and onion families belong to this group.

The orchid family branched off this family long time ago, but since orchid plants have left almost no fossil record, determining a date for their origin is not possible,