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Phalaenopsis hybrids Introduction Vanda coerulea Stanhopea wardii Catasetum pileatum Tolumnia bahamensis Phalaenopsis Taisuco Kochidan Masdevallia ignea Brassia rex Himantoglossium hircinum Laelia purpurata Aerides odorata Spathoglottis plicata Schomburgkia splendida Dendrobium stratiotes Phragmepedium caudatum Coelogyne massangeana
 

Orchid species number more than 25,000 worldwide. That figure does not include hybrids, such as the Phalaenopsis hybrids shown here, which bring that total to nearly 100,000. Using the images at right, view 15 different orchids and get a sense of the enormous diversity of colors and shapes found in these extraordinary plants.

 
     
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