My favourite plants: Orchids
Different species of orchids
The Orchidaceae are a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family.
The family encompasses about 6–11% of all seed plants. The largest genera are Bulbophyllum (2,000 species),
Epidendrum (1,500 species), Dendrobium (1,400 species) and Pleurothallis (1,000 species).
It also includes Vanilla (the genus of the vanilla plant), the type genus Orchis,
and many commonly cultivated plants such as Phalaenopsis and Cattleya.
Moreover,
since the introduction of tropical species into cultivation in the 19th century,
horticulturists have produced more than 100,000 hybrids and cultivars.