Exotic orchids - How to bring scientific and German names into harmony
Since orchids have conquered the supermarkets and hardware stores, the scientific titles have increasingly faded into the background and give way to German names that promote sales. So that you can harmonize both versions, we have put together the following overview for you:
- Phalaenopsis: butterfly orchid, moth orchid, malay flower
- Miltonia: pansy orchid
- Vuylstekeara: Cambria
- Dendrobium: Grape orchid
- Pleione: Tibetan orchid
- Paphiopedilum: Venus shoe
- Cypripedium: lady's slipper
- Odontoglossum: tooth tongue
- Anguloa: tulip orchid
- Brassia: spider orchid
- Cymbidium: Tub orchid, tub lip
- Ludisia: jewel orchid
- Bletilla: Japanese orchid
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In addition, regional trivial names have become established that are supposed to make buying orchids more palatable at flower markets. If you are specifically looking for a specific orchid, only the scientific name is an indubitable guideline.
Native orchids with scientific and German names
While the scientific names of the exotic orchid species are largely based on a single one Let the trivial name attach, there is a floral tower building among the native orchids Babel. The following selection gives an overview:
- Orchis: orchid, fool's skull, purple orchid, skullcap
- Dactylorhiza: orchid, fingerwort, cuckoo flower
- Anacamptis: dogwort, orchid, pointed orchis, comb stalks
- Platanthera: forest hyacinth, mountain hyacinth, mountain cuckoo flower
- Spiranthes spiralis: twistwort, autumn twistwort
- Ophrys: Ragwurz, Spiderragwurz, Flyragwurz, Hummelragwurz
- Epipactis: Stendelwurz,
- Cephalanthera: forest bird
From the exotic orchids, the Cypripedium calceolus is the only one of its kind that has adapted so excellently to our climate that it can be found in fields and forests. Their best-known German names are Gelber Frauenschuh, Marienfrauenschuh, Rotbrauner Frauenschuh or European Frauenschuh.
Tips
In addition to the scientific names for orchid species, other technical terms from Latin and Greek are important for successful care. If an epiphytic orchid is mentioned, it is a epiphyte of trees in the Rainforest. Terrestrial species thrive as terrestrial orchids. Lithophytic orchids favor a place on rocks and other rocks.
