Description: Throughout the world, more than 17,000 species are known, and varieties vary in size and shape.

• Oncidium blossoms are 1 1/2 to 1 inch and are usually yellow with orange-red markings.
• Cymbidium and dendrobium flowers have a butterfly-like shape and are 3 to 4 inches acress. The larger of the two, cymbidiums are white, yellow, green or lavender with pink or red lips, while dendrobiums are often white or lavender.
• Cattleya blossoms are large, ruffled and usually 5 to 6 inches across in white or purple with contrasting throats.
• Phalaenopsis have moth- or butterfly-shaped flowers in colors such as white, pink, purple and bicolors.

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