How plants and fungi grow in the wild, and where cultivars came from.

Cattleya dowiana

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Dendrobium bigibbum Cooktown orchid

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Vanda sanderiana Waling-waling

Warm-growing · Humid air · Bright, filtered light

Phalaenopsis amboinensis

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Phalaenopsis equestris

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Phalaenopsis amabilis Moth orchid

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Dendrobium nobile Noble dendrobium

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Paphiopedilum insigne Slipper orchid

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Vanda coerulea Blue vanda

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Cymbidium insigne

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Cymbidium hookerianum

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Oncidium alexandrae

Cool-growing · Humid air · Dappled light

Cattleya trianae Christmas orchid

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Cattleya mossiae

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Oncidium leucochilum

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Phalaenopsis aphrodite

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Cattleya cinnabarina

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Full sun

Cymbidium lowianum Low's boat orchid

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Dendrobium phalaenopsis

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Paphiopedilum boxallii

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Paphiopedilum rothschildianum Gold of Kinabalu

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Phalaenopsis lobbii

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Phalaenopsis schilleriana

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Cattleya crispata

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Full sun

Cattleya schroederae Easter orchid

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Cymbidium eburneum Ivory cymbidium

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Paphiopedilum spicerianum

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Cattleya coccinea

Cool-growing · Humid air · Dappled light

Oncidium sphacelatum Dancing lady

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Cymbidium floribundum Golden-edged orchid

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana

Warm-growing · Humid air · Dappled light

Phalaenopsis stuartiana

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Dendrobium kingianum Pink rock orchid

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Phalaenopsis rimestadiana

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Dendrobium canaliculatum Tea tree orchid

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Cattleya rex

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Paphiopedilum bellatulum Egg-in-a-nest orchid

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Phalaenopsis venosa

Warm-growing · Humid air · Dappled light

Cattleya purpurata

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Phalaenopsis gigantea

Warm-growing · Humid air · Dappled light

Phalaenopsis maculata

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Paphiopedilum micranthum

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Phalaenopsis philippinensis

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Phalaenopsis pulcherrima

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Phalaenopsis violacea

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Cattleya warscewiczii

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Dendrobium moniliforme Sekkoku

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Cattleya bicolor

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Cattleya gaskelliana

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Oncidium altissimum Wydler's dancing-lady orchid

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Paphiopedilum delenatii

Intermediate · Humid air · Dappled light

Phalaenopsis sumatrana

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Cymbidium ensifolium Four-season orchid

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Dendrobium bracteosum

Warm-growing · Humid air · Bright, filtered light

Oncidium spectatissimum

Cool-growing · Humid air · Dappled light

Paphiopedilum philippinense

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Paphiopedilum stonei

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Paphiopedilum villosum

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light