About Orchidsy

I built Orchidsy as a gift for my mum, an orchid grower. If you can remember three letters from a broken plant tag, Orchidsy will find the rest.

Data sources

Species data from the Catalogue of Life (CC BY 4.0), sourced from World Plants (POWO) at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Hybrid parentage from the RHS International Orchid Register.

Photos from iNaturalist contributors, used under Creative Commons licences. Each photo credits its photographer.

Care and culture information linked from the Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia and the American Orchid Society.

Climate, distribution, and bloom season data derived from GBIF occurrence records (GBIF.org, 31 March 2026, Occurrence Download) and WorldClim 2.1 climate normals.

Australian awards from the Australian Orchid Council. New Zealand awards from the Orchid Council of New Zealand.

Community photos are uploaded by members and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Privacy

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