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Orange flowers

Marigolds, crossandra, tiger lilies and California poppies.

KindWildflower Garden flower Cut flower Flowering tree Flowering shrub Bulb flower Climber Orchid Water flower Cactus or succulent Alpine flower Tropical flower Herb or useful flower

In flowerSpring Summer Monsoon Autumn Winter

Fire star orchidEpidendrum radicans A bright orange orchid that roots along its whole stem 🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Orchid

Bauhinia A tropical tree with butterfly-shaped flowers in vivid colours 🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Flowering tree

Lycaste A genus of orchids with pleated leaves and fragrant, spotted blooms 🇲🇽 Mexico · Orchid

Blood lilyScadoxus African and Arabian bulb plants with vivid red-pink flower clusters 🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 more · Bulb flower

Lipstick plantAeschynanthus Tropical trailing plants with vivid flowers that peek from tube-like calyces Aeschynanthus · Tropical flower

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Fire star orchid: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, source
Bauhinia: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Lycaste: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Blood lily: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Lipstick plant: Montrealais, CC BY 3.0, source

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