Gymnadenia orchidis Lindl.

Species

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Characteristics

Plants robust, 15-50 cm tall. Tubers ovoid-ellipsoid, 1-3 cm, with many, slender, elongate lobes. Stem stout, with 2 or 3 tubular sheaths at base and 3-6 cauline leaves. Leaves widely spaced or clustered, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 4-16 × 2.5-4.5 cm, apex obtuse to acute. Inflorescence 8-23 cm, stout; peduncle with 1-3 scattered, lanceolate bracts 2-5 cm; rachis 3-12 cm, densely many flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, apex acuminate, basal ones longer than flowers. Flowers fragrant, purplish red or pink, very rarely tinged with white; ovary 7-8 mm including pedicel. Dorsal sepal erect, ovate, 3-5 × 2-3.5 mm, 3-veined, apex obtuse; lateral sepals reflexed, ovate, oblique, 4-5 × 2.5-4 mm, 3-veined, margin revolute, apex obtuse. Petals straight, broadly ovate-triangular, oblique, 3-5 × 2.5-3.5 mm, 3-veined, apex obtuse; lip spreading, broadly obovate, 3.5-5.5 × 3-4.5 mm, 3-lobed at apex; lateral lobes ovate, 1-2 mm wide, apex obtuse; mid-lobe triangular, 1-2.2 mm wide, equal to or slightly larger than lateral lobes, apex obtuse to subacute; spur pendulous, slightly curved forward, 7-12 mm, equal to or exceeding ovary, slender. Column ca. 2 mm; viscidia lanceolate. Fl. May-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.23 - 0.55
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Uses medicinal
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Images

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Distribution

Gymnadenia orchidis world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:636570-1
WFO ID wfo-0000976647
COL ID 3HP4F
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Synonyms

Orchis cylindrostachya Orchis habenarioides Peristylus orchidis Platanthera orchidis Gymnadenia cylindrostachya Gymnadenia delavayi Gymnadenia microgymnadenia Gymnadenia souliei Gymnadenia violacea Habenaria microgymnadenia Habenaria stoliczkae Gymnadenia habenarioides Gymnadenia himalayica Gymnadenia orchidis Habenaria orchidis Gymnadenia orchidis var. pantlingii