Orchis patens Desf. 1799 Photo by © Emil Rechsteiner and his The Neue Fotos von Emil Rechsteiner Website

Flower Closeup Photo by © Peter H. Peeters and his The Orchidaceae Website

Part SunWarm CoolSpring

Common Name The Wide Open Orchis

Flower Size

Found in Italy, Algeria, Tunisia and the Canary Islands as a small sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial that blooms in the spring on an erect, terminal, several flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Androrchis patens (Desf.) D.Tyteca & E.Klein 2008; Barlia patens (Desf.) Szlach. 2001; Orchis brevicornis Viv. 1804; Orchis brevicornis var. panormitana (Tineo) Nyman 1882;Orchis kelleri Hunz. ex G.Keller & Soó 1932; Orchis panormitana Tineo 1844; Orchis patens subsp. brevicornis (Viv.) K.Richt. 1890; Orchis patens var. brevicornis (Viv.) Rchb.f. 1851

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 # 1 1986 photo fide;

Orchis patens subsp. canariensis (Lindl.) Asch. & Graebn. 1907

A pale flowered species endemic to the Canary Islands.

Synonyms Androrchis canariensis (Lindl.) D.Tyteca & E.Klein 2008; Barlia canariensis (Lindl.) Szlach. 2001; Orchis canariensis Lindl. 1835; Orchis patens subsp. canariensis (Lindl.) Asch. & Graebn. 1907;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 # 1 1986 as Orchis canariensis photo fide

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