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43 Gorgeous Orchids That Show Their Diversity and Beauty ...

By Neecey

Orchids are one of the largest families of plants. Currently it is known that there are between 22,000 and 27,000 different species of orchid. That's an incredible diversity and with so many, they are widely dispersed throughout the world, occurring in all habitats except glacial. Orchids are among the most beautiful flowers in the world - let's take a look at some.

1 Pink Orchid

Pink Orchid Via Unavailable Listing on Etsy
According to Wikipedia orchids are easily distinguished from other plants, as they share some very evident traits. Among these are bilateral symmetry, many resupinate flowers (upside-down, supine, facing upward), a nearly always highly modified petal, fused stamens and carpels and have extremely small seeds. They look awesomely pretty too!

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2 PHALAENOPSIS Bellina

PHALAENOPSIS Bellina Via Phalaenospis bellina 'Blue'
It's amazing how orchids can mimic insects and other things. Can you see Gimli from LOTR beneath the alien creature?

3 Dark Purple Orchid

Dark Purple Orchid Via "Black" Orchid
Orchids have such incredible colors. They range from the most delicate white to black.

4 Pineapple Flower

Pineapple Flower Via Pineapple Flower : Eucomis Bicolor ...
An orchid found in Hawaii. So aptly constructed and named.

5 Pink Orchids

Pink Orchids Via Warm- to Cool-Growing Orchids
The range of pinks in orchids is stunning, from barely pink to the deepest reds.

6 Vanda 'Exotic Purple'

Vanda 'Exotic Purple' Via Orchid Flowers by Dirk Wiersma
The variegated orchids are always stunning.

7 Masdevallia REICHENBACHIANA Orchid

Masdevallia REICHENBACHIANA Orchid Via Masdevallia reichembachiana
Some of the color palettes are almost unreal.

8 Little Purple Orchids

Little Purple Orchids Via Orchid
Some orchids are huge and showy. Others are sweet and delicate.

9 Orchid Cluster

Orchid Cluster Via OwnANewBusiness
Some of the smaller orchids grow in clumps on branches rather than on single stems.

10 White Feather Orchid

White Feather Orchid Via Orchid
Isn't it spectacular?

Nancy Habenaria medusa...

11 Caladenia Longicauda

Caladenia Longicauda Via <title>My Orchids |My Orchids Reviews ...
Forget the scientific name - just call it the spider orchid.

12 Wild Yellow Orchids

Wild Yellow Orchids Via Yellow Orchids by Rita Ariyoshi ...
Glorious sunny flowers from the sunshine islands of Hawaii.

13 Medusa Orchid

Medusa Orchid Via Spooky Nature: Ghost Orchids, Bat ...
I love the names orchids are given.

14 Laelia Alaorii

Laelia Alaorii Via <title>My Orchids |My Orchids Reviews ...
This stunning orchid, which looks so like a daffodil, is native to Brazil.

15 Strike a Pose

Strike a Pose Via Home
It looks like a ballerina in the fifth position.

16 Flying Duck Orchid

Flying Duck Orchid Via Pinehurst NC Landscaping | Moore ...
The Caleana is native to Australia.

17 Cymbidium

Cymbidium Via sbdigs.com
AKA the boat orchid, this one - of which there are hundreds of variations - is found widely in tropical and subtropical Asia and Australia. I think this one is the Dorothy Stockstill.

18 Pink ThIngs ...

Pink ThIngs ... Via My Orchids
... attract other pink things.

19 Laeliocattleya

Laeliocattleya Via Portrait of a Flower
The Ana Ingham orchids are hybrids of Brazilian orchids.

20 Radiant Orchid

Radiant Orchid Via Upside Down Orchid
Here's a perfect example of that "upside down flower" structure.

21 Kiwi Midnight 'Geyserland'

Kiwi Midnight 'Geyserland' Via Cymbidium Kiwi Midnight 'Geyserland'
This is another of the cymbidium orchids.

23 Masdevallia Rosea

Masdevallia Rosea Via Masdevallia rosea species Orchid Plant
And this is found in Ecuador and Bolivia.

24 Black Bat Orchid

Black Bat Orchid Via Black Bat Flower Photograph - ...
The color of this one is amazing.

25 Bee-Orchid

Bee-Orchid Via Bee-Orchid: Ophrys speculum subsp. speculum ...
The Ophrys orchids are Northern Hemisphere plants.

26 Darth Vader Orchid

Darth Vader Orchid Via 17 Flowers That Look Like ...
I've no idea which species this is but it sure looks like Darth Vader.

27 Black Orchids

Black Orchids Via The Art of Seduction. - ...
Some black orchids are natural, others have been cultivated and even others, dyed.

28 Court Jester

Court Jester Via <title>My Orchids |My Orchids Reviews ...
This is one of the phragmipedium orchids - also known as the lady's slipper orchids.

29 Deep Pink Orchids

Deep Pink Orchids Via Monkey Faced Orchid
The delicate, exotic and graceful orchid represents love, luxury, beauty and strength

30 Ghost Orchid

Ghost Orchid Via Photo Page 2 for the ...
This charmer is found only in Florida and Cuba.

Patricia just gorgeous....

31 ANGULOA UNIFLORA

ANGULOA UNIFLORA Via Here Are 17 Flowers You ...
You can see why these are called baby in a blanket.

32 Ruby Leopard Slipper Orchid

Ruby Leopard Slipper Orchid Via Orchidaceae
One of the most highly colored of all orchids (and it doesn't need photoshopping).

33 Orange Cymbidium

Orange Cymbidium Via Items similar to Orange Cymbidium ...
A stunning orange variety of boat orchid.

34 Glistening Sun-Orchid

Glistening Sun-Orchid Via Thelymitra lucida - Glistening Sun ...
The Thelymitra orchids are called sun orchids because they only open in warm weather.

35 White Orchids

White Orchids Via Orchid (Phalaenopsis aphrodite) Black and ...
Simply... stunningly... beautiful.

36 Monkey Orchid

Monkey Orchid Via The South American flower that ...
The monkey orchid is usually found in the cloud forests of Peru and Ecuador.

37 Butterfly Orchid

Butterfly Orchid Via Redirecting
They really do deserve these names, don't they?

38 Cattleya

Cattleya Via Tropical Splendor Print By Blair ...
There are 113 members of the cattleya family and they grow in the Caribbean and from Costa Rica southwards.

39 Dendrobium Orchids

Dendrobium Orchids Via dendrobium blue orchid
This is one of the 1,200 members of the Dendrobium family.

40 Butterfly-Spider Orchid

Butterfly-Spider Orchid Via No Cookies | Perth Now
The most striking of the Caladenia orchids are found in Australia.

41 Purple Orchid

Purple Orchid Via Purple orchid
I love the leopard print effect on the petals.

42 Lady's Slipper Orchid

Lady's Slipper Orchid Via South American Bog Orchid
They’re all so incredible.

14 Orquidea Phalaenopsis

Orquidea Phalaenopsis Via Orquidea Phalaenopsis.
These are known as moth orchids.

With so many thousand varieties of orchids, you really could never get bored of seeing all the differences. Do you have a love of orchids?

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