Common names: orchid, cymbidium, dendrobium, oncidium, cattleya, phalaenopsis
Description: Throughout the world, more than 17,000
species are known, and varieties vary in size and shape.
Oncidium blossoms are 1 1/2 to 1 inch and are usually yellow with
orange-red markings. Cattleya blossoms are large, ruffled
and usually 5 to 6 inches across in white or purple with contrasting
throats. Phalaenopsis have moth- or butterfly-shaped flowers
in colors such as white, pink, purple and bicolors. Cymbidium
and dendrobium flowers have a butterfly-like shape and are 3 to
4 inches acress. The larger of the two, cymbidiums are white,
yellow, green or lavender with pink or red lips, while dendrobiums
are often white or lavender.
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