Die Orchideen oder Orchideengewächse (Orchidaceae) sind eine weltweit verbreitete Pflanzenfamilie. Mittlerweilen erfahren Orchideen eine immer größer werdende Beliebtheit als Zimmerpflanze. Diese Motive eignen sich hervorragend für alle Küchen oder Bäder Orchidaceae (or Orchid family) is the largest family of the flowering plants. Orchidaceae are cosmopolitan, occurring in almost every habitat apart from deserts and glaciers. The great majority are to be found in the tropics, mostly Asia, South America and Central America. Orchidaceae are well known for the many structural variations in their flowers.
Some orchids have single flowers but most have a racemose inflorescence, sometimes with a large number of flowers. The size of the blooms varies from some millimeters up to 20 centimeters and more per bloom. The chromatic spectrum reaches thereby from tender white over green and blue tones up to strong red and yellow. Many blooms are multi color.
