ANACAMPTIS PYRAMIDALIS
Author:
Louis Claude Marie Richard, 1817
Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
Origin:
Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corse, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, East Aegean Islands, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Kriti, Krym, Latvia, Lebanon-Syria, Lithuania, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North Macedonia, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Serbia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine
Elevation:
Publisher:
De Orchid. Eur.: 33 (1817)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
2 Centimetres
Height:
15 (60) Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Bulbs
CITES:
Synonyms:
Orchis pyramidalis, Carl Linnaeus, 1753.
Anacamptis pyramidalis var. dunensis, Londo, Kreutz & Slings
Anacamptis pyramidalis var. urvilleana, Schltr.
This member of the Orchidaceae family was given this name by Louis Claude Marie Richard in 1817. It is found from Britain through Western Europe, the the Mediterranean all the way to Iran, growing in a poor soil with lots of water and some to lots of sun. The bulb can grow to two centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 15 centimetres in height 60 with the pale pink to dark purple flowers. Greek word anakamptein, meaning 'to bend backwards'. The species name 'pyramid-shaped'. I must confess; I have not grown this species, and I doubt it will appreciate to have the bulb exposed. Drawing from Temperate.theferns.info. Caudex from Temperate.theferns.info.
Flower
Pale Pink - Dark Purple
Soil
Poor
Water
Maximum
Sun
Medium - Maximum
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