Orchid Varieties Trivia: 10 Questions With Answers

From the moth orchid on a kitchen windowsill to slipper orchids collected on Himalayan slopes, orchid varieties trivia sorts the family's most famous forms. Visit Singapore's National Orchid Garden, Ecuador's cloud forests and learn how to tell a Cattleya from a Dendrobium.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Moth
Which orchid is the most common houseplant?
Cattleya
Which showy orchid was used in classic corsages?
Slipper
Which orchids have a pouch-shaped lip?
Oncidium
Which orchid is nicknamed dancing lady?
Singapore
What is Singapore's national flower?
Garden
Which garden displays over 1,000 orchid species and 2,000 hybrids?
Dendrobium
Which large orchid genus is widely grown in Thailand?
Cymbidium
Which orchids are popular winter cut flowers with long sprays?
Dracula
Which cloud-forest orchids have flowers like monkey faces?
Hybrids
Roughly how many registered orchid hybrids exist?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which orchid is the most common houseplant?
Answer: Phalaenopsis
Its flowers resemble moths.
Q2: Which showy orchid was used in classic corsages?
Answer: Cattleya
It is called the queen of orchids.
Q3: Which orchids have a pouch-shaped lip?
Answer: Slipper orchids
Insects enter the pouch.
Q4: Which orchid is nicknamed dancing lady?
Answer: Oncidium
Its flowers look like skirts.
Q5: What is Singapore's national flower?
Answer: Vanda Miss Joaquim
It is a hybrid orchid.
Q6: Which garden displays over 1,000 orchid species and 2,000 hybrids?
Answer: Singapore's National Orchid Garden
It names hybrids after famous visitors.
Q7: Which large orchid genus is widely grown in Thailand?
Answer: Dendrobium
Many are exported as cut flowers.
Q8: Which orchids are popular winter cut flowers with long sprays?
Answer: Cymbidiums
They tolerate cool temperatures.
Q9: Which cloud-forest orchids have flowers like monkey faces?
Answer: Dracula orchids
They grow in Ecuador and Colombia.
Q10: Roughly how many registered orchid hybrids exist?
Answer: Over 100,000
The RHS keeps the register.

Orchid Varieties Trivia – A World of Orchid Forms

Orchids come in an astonishing variety of shapes and colors. Some of the most familiar are Phalaenopsis, the moth orchid, and Cattleya, the classic corsage orchid. Others include Dendrobium, Oncidium, Cymbidium, Vanda and the slipper orchids.

Each group has its own traits. Slipper orchids trap insects in pouches, dancing lady orchids sprout sprays of small flowers and Dracula orchids in Ecuador look like tiny monkey faces. Growers have created more than 100,000 registered hybrids.

Orchids are celebrated at shows and gardens worldwide. Singapore's national flower is the hybrid Vanda Miss Joaquim, and its National Orchid Garden names new hybrids after visiting leaders and celebrities. Wild orchids need protection from overcollecting.

What This Quiz Teaches

Orchid growers and plant lovers will enjoy these questions.

Which orchid is most common
Which is the corsage orchid
What slipper orchids are
What Singapore's flower is
How many hybrids exist

Did You Know?

Some orchids bloom for months.
Vanda roots hang in the air.
Orchids can be grown in bark.
Ludisia is a jewel orchid with patterned leaves.
Orchid shows are held worldwide.