How plants and fungi grow in the wild, and where cultivars came from.
Where 38,374 species are found, and the conditions they grow in there: temperature, humidity, light and the seasons. For growers who want to match them at home.
9,040 species
Phalaenopsis finleyi
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Phalaenopsis malipoensis
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Phalaenopsis mirabilis
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Phalaenopsis stobartiana
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Phalaenopsis tetraspis
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Phalaenopsis wilsonii
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Restrepia peetersii
Intermediate · Humid air · Shade
Restrepia restrepoi
Intermediate · Humid air · Shade
Restrepia royi
Intermediate · Humid air · Shade
Restrepia santanderensis
Intermediate · Humid air · Shade
Sarcochilus argochilus
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Sarcochilus borealis
Intermediate · Humid air · Dappled light
Sarcochilus parviflorus
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Trichoglottis atropurpurea
Warm-growing · Humid air · Bright, filtered light
Trichoglottis biglandulosa
Intermediate · Humid air · Bright, filtered light
Vanda coerulescens
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Vanda cristata
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Anoectochilus sandvicensis
Intermediate · Very humid air · Deep shade
Brassavola nodosa
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Bulbophyllum abbreviatum
Intermediate · Humid air · Dappled light
Bulbophyllum amorosoanum
Intermediate · Humid air · Shade
Bulbophyllum beccarii
Warm-growing · Humid air · Bright, filtered light
Bulbophyllum bifarium
Intermediate · Humid air · Dappled light
Bulbophyllum crabro
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Bulbophyllum fletcherianum
Fletcher's bulbophyllum
Warm-growing · Humid air · Bright, filtered light
Bulbophyllum jaapii
Intermediate · Humid air · Dappled light
Bulbophyllum lepidum
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Bulbophyllum longissimum
Warm-growing · Humid air · Dappled light
Bulbophyllum pandanetorum
Warm-growing · Humid air · Dappled light
Bulbophyllum plumatum
Intermediate · Humid air · Dappled light
Bulbophyllum rhodoglossum
Intermediate · Humid air · Dappled light
Bulbophyllum tokioi
Intermediate · Humid air · Dappled light
Bulbophyllum weberi
Intermediate · Humid air · Shade
Bulbophyllum xanthornis
Warm-growing · Humid air · Dappled light
Cattleya amethystoglossa
Amethyst-lipped Cattleya
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Cattleya maxima
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Cattleya walkeriana
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Coelogyne bracteosa
Intermediate · Humid air · Dappled light
Coelogyne flaccida
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Coelogyne glumacea
Warm-growing · Humid air · Dappled light
Cypripedium californicum
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Dendrobium aphyllum
Hooded orchid
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Dendrobium bensoniae
Benson's Dendrobium
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Dendrobium christyanum
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Dendrobium chryseum
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Dendrobium chrysotoxum
Golden-bow dendrobium
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Dendrobium falconeri
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Dendrobium fimbriatum
Fringe-lipped dendrobium
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Dendrobium lindleyi
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Dendrobium lineale
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Dendrobium utile
fibre orchid
Warm-growing · Humid air · Bright, filtered light
Dracula simia
Monkey face orchid
Intermediate · Humid air · Shade
Dracula wallisii
Intermediate · Humid air · Shade
Encyclia advena
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Encyclia candollei
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Encyclia viridiflora
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Macodes petola
Warm-growing · Very humid air · Deep shade
Masdevallia sumapazensis
Cool-growing · Very humid air · Dappled light
Maxillaria obtusa
Warm-growing · Humid air · Dappled light
Maxillaria tenuifolia
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light