The only commercially important product derived from orchids is vanilla. Most vanilla is produced from one species, Vanilla planifolia, although two additional species are also cultivated commercially (V. pompona and V. tahitensis).

Showy Vanda orchids, which are often grown in glass vases without compost, require a specific watering regime: fill the vase with water daily in summer, then empty it after half an hour. To water moth orchids correctly, look at its roots. Don't water if these are green but wait until they look silvery, instead.

Phalaenopsis orchids can be used as cut stems either alone or mixed with other flowers. Blooms can be used in corsage work as well as bridal bouquets to offer an ultra chic design.

Simply take your plant and lower it into a large vase. This can be either the giant cylinder-shaped ones or a basic fish bowl. The plant's roots and leaves should help keep it in place in the container, with the fans of foliage largely outside the vase, but all the roots held within.

Often two, or even all three, of the sepals are joined, and the lip, petals, or the sepals may be joined to the column for some distance. One of the characteristic differences between the orchid family and other advanced monocots is that the fertile stamen or stamens are on one side of the flower opposite the lip.

The orchid flower has the feminine and masculine organ of reproduction fusing in only one body called a column or gynostemium. The flower has an irregular form. It has three sepals and three petals. The medium petal is modified and is called labellum or lip.

Orchids are naturally bright and colorful, and with the proper amount of water, should stay that way for up to a week.

Orchids stay beautiful and green year round. Making orchid terrariums in glass jars is a lovely way to display these plants in an easy to move and care for way.

A great source of vitamin A and antioxidants, Orchids will replenish and rejuvenate your skin. You can use it for treating skin problems like wrinkles, blemishes and more. You can use the orchid extract in your face mist or face pack for getting that glow.

The Chinese continues to use orchids for medicinal purposes until today, most commonly in the form of medicinal tea. Dried dendrobium is believed to possess medicinal properties that can help treat cancer, strengthen the immune system, and improve eyesight.

Orchids stay beautiful and green year round. Making orchid terrariums in glass jars is a lovely way to display these plants in an easy to move and care for way. Gather your plant, jar, rocks, and sphagnum moss.

orchid, (family Orchidaceae), any of nearly 1,000 genera and more than 25,000 species of attractively flowered plants distributed throughout the world, especially in wet tropics. Orchidaceae is a member of Asparagales, an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants that also includes the asparagus and iris families.

The flower of the orchid plant is colorful, fragrant and can vary in sizes from microscopic plants (Platystele) to long vines (Vanilla) to gigantic plants (Grammatophullum). There is an outer whorl of three similar segments called sepals. Within the sepals is another whorl of three segments called petals.