Orchis purpurea Hudson 1762
Photos by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Photo Website
Photo by Pascal Pernot
2 color varieties in situ Denmark
Photos by © Egon Krogsgaard
O militaris Group
Common Name The Purple Orchis - The Lady Orchid
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
A medium sized, cold growing terrestrial orchid from Great Britain, Algeria, Spain, France, Corsica, Sardinia, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Crimea and Ukraine in short grasslands, garrigue, woodland edges and open woodlands at elevations up to 1800 meters with ellipsoid tubers carrying an erect stem with 3 to 6, oblong to oblong-ovate, glossy leaves that blooms in the spring on a 3 to 6" [7.5 to 15 cm] long, densely many [25 to 200] flowered inflorescence that is cylindrical in shape.
SynonymsOrchis aserica B.Baumann & al. 2003; *Orchis bifolia Linne 1763; Orchis caucasica Regel 1898; Orchis caucasica f. aserica (B.Baumann & al.) P.Delforge 2004; Orchis fusca Jacquin 1776; Orchis fusca var. idiocrana C.Morren 1852; Orchis fusca var. obcordata Wirtg. 1857; Orchis fusca var. rotundata Wirtg. 1857; Orchis fusca var. triangularis Wirtg. 1857; Orchis fuscata Pall. 1776; Orchis × hybrida var. jacquinii (Godr.) Nyman 1882; Orchis jacquinii Godr. 1844; Orchis lokiana H.Baumann 1982; Orchis maxima Koch 1847; Orchis militaris Hornem. 1806; Orchis militaris var. fusca (Jacq.) Tinant 1836; Orchis militaris var. purpurea (Huds.) Huds. 1778; Orchis moravica Jacquin 1783; Orchis purpurea f. acutilobata Ruppert 1924; Orchis purpurea f. angustiloba Leimbach 1887; Orchis purpurea f. incisiloba Leimbach 1887; Orchis purpurea f. monstrosa Leimbach 1887; Orchis purpurea f. obtusiloba Leimbach 1887; Orchis purpurea f. rotundiloba Leimbach 1887; Orchis purpurea f. ruppertiana Soó 1927; Orchis purpurea f. triangularis (Wirtg.) Soó 1928; Orchis purpurea f. vulgaris Leimbach 1887; Orchis purpurea subsp. caucasica (Regel) B.Baumann & al. 2003; Orchis purpurea subsp. lokiana (H.Baumann) H.Baumann & R.Lorenz 2005; Orchis purpurea subsp. maxima Soó 1932; Orchis purpurea subsp. moravica (Jacq.) K.Richt. 1890; Orchis purpurea var. amediastina E.G.Camus 1908; Orchis purpurea var. caucasica (Regel) E.G.Camus 1908; Orchis purpurea var. eliasii Sennen & Pau 1903; Orchis purpurea var. moravica (Jacq.) Rchb.f.1851; Orchis purpurea var. moravica (Jacq.) Leimbach 1887; Orchis purpurea var. parallela E.G.Camus 1908; Orchis purpurea var. spathulata E.G.Camus 1908; Orchis purpurea var. tyraica Zapal. 1906; Strateuma grandis Salisb. 1812
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 photo ok; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 4 193 to 256 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1973; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 4 1980 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 5 1983 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 5 1984 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 1 1985 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 No 2 1986 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 9 1992 postage stamp fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000 as Orchis lokiana; Orchid Digest Vol 66 #2 2002 photo fide; Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Delforge 2005 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 72 #2 2008 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 6 2008 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 78 #1 2014 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #5 2017 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #2 2019 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 84 #1 2020 photo fide;
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