Characteristics
A ground orchid. It can be 45 cm high and keeps growing from year to year. The leaves at the base are sword shaped and pointed. They are bluish-green. The leaves on the stem are smaller. The flower spike has 3-8 flowers. The sepals are pink or purple with 3 green veins. The petals are pink or purple with a hairy edge. The lip is 10-15 mm long and velvety black. It has a small greenish tip. The speculum is shield shaped.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
herb
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| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
-
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| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
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| Pollination |
entomogamy
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| Spread |
anemochory
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
0.35
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| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
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| Blooming months |
-
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
c3
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Environment
It grows in dry stony and grassy places.
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| Soil acidity |
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
Cultivation
Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
| Mode |
divisions
seedlings
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| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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