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- The most beautiful Erdorchideen species for your garden
- These Erdorchideen are native in Germany
- These orchids from distant lands have a penchant for garden soil
- Tips
The brown-red Stendelwurz belongs to our native Erdorchideen
The most beautiful Erdorchideen species for your garden
The experience of lavish orchid flowers is not limited to the domestic windowsill. Mother Nature presents us with magnificent earth orchids, which are set in scene in the summery bed. This selection introduces you to some of the most beautiful species.
These Erdorchideen are native in Germany
Among more than 900 genera and nearly 30,000 species, the following orchids have proved to be so robust and hardy that they are native to Germany and thrive exclusively in soil:
This selection may serve as a motivation to dive into the diverse world of native Erdorchideen. With each copy of the endangered orchids in your garden, you also make an important contribution to the conservation of the species.
These orchids from distant lands have a penchant for garden soil
The following exotic beauties produce no aerial roots and are also quite frost-resistant, so they have made a name for themselves as Erdorchideen for the garden and the windowsill:
A wealth of other orchids prefers a life in earth. The delicate species of the genus Spiranthes, also called Drehwurzen, include this. The delightful species of the Ragwurz genus also take it on beauty with the tropical Aufsitzer orchids. Outstanding Erdorchideen species are the Ophrys scolopax, Schnepfen-Ragwurz, as well as the distinctive Ophrys tenthredinifera, aptly called Wasp-Ragwurz.
Tips
A floral treasure for cultivating in the bed is the royal woman's shoe (Cypripedium reginae). This noble species thrives on the windowsill and equally opulent in the field. Similarly flexible are the lady's slipper species Cypripedium acaule, calceolus and parviflorum. The Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium calceolus) is even wild in the wild and is protected.