Anacamptis morio

Green-winged Orchid (Orchis morio )

The green-winged orchid (Orchis morio ) is also called salep orchid or dunce cap. The species name morio is derived from the Greek word moros (fool ).

According to recent taxonomic knowledge, the green-winged orchid of the genus Anacamptis is assigned: Anacamptis morio (L.) RMBateman, Pridgeon & MWChase.

Description

The green-winged orchid is a perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches the stature heights of 8 to 50 centimeters. The mostly standing in a basal rosette leaves are lanceolate, usually acute, sometimes with a rounded tip, 3-10 cm long and 1-2 cm wide. The stem is strong, somewhat edgy and crowded violet at the top. The inflorescence is most floriferous. The flowers are mostly purple, but can also be almost white. The median sepal and petals form a helmet. The lateral sepals have an eye-catching, green line pattern and are somewhat. The lip is 10 mm long and 16 mm wide, weak to moderate three-lobed. The side lobes are spread out flat or beaten back. The lip base is lighter with darker spots or line patterns. The cylindrical spur is bent upwards and shorter than the ovary.

The green-winged orchid is one of the first plants to bloom in a meadow. It already appears in late April, in the Mediterranean region as early as March.

Dissemination and locations

Due to the diversity of Orchis morio - the group distribution is difficult to distinguish. Orchis morio is widespread in Europe, North Africa, Western Asia and Caucasia in the strict sense. In the northern half of Germany, this species has only very few locations.

It occurs on nutrient-poor grassland, sometimes on dry grassland, moderately moist meadows, drier areas of wet meadow and open woodland. All sites fertilized.

Hybrids

The green-winged orchid hybridize with closely related species such as the Butterfly orchid (Orchis papilionacea ), marsh orchid (Orchis palustris ) and the pyramids Dog Wurz ( Anacamptis pyramidalis ).

Endangering

The green-winged orchid is an orchid that was very common in the 19th century. She barely tolerates fertilization, but tolerates this at least temporarily a little more than, say, Burnt Orchid. In the northern half of the country far more occurrences are extinguished as in southern Germany.

In order to point out the danger of this orchid, the green-winged orchid by the Working Group Home made orchids ( AHO ) was elected in Germany in 1991 to the Orchid of the year.