Orchis x macra Lindley 1835 Photo by © R Selig and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name The Large Orchis

Flower Size

Found in Spain, France, Germany and the Netherlands at elevations around 50 to 600 meters as a medium sized cold growing terrestrial that is a natural hybrid between O. antropophora × O. purpurea and blooms in the later spring

Synonyms × Orchiaceras macra (Lindl.) E.G.Camus 1908; × Orchiaceras meilsheimeri (Rouy) P.Fourn. 1928; Orchis × meilsheimeri Rouy 1912;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 #5 1983 as X Orchiaceras melsheimeri photo fide;

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