!Anacamptis pyramidalis [L.] L.C.Rich. 1818 Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Photo Website

Another Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Jeff Aguillon.

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Common Name or Meaning The Pyramid Anacamptis

Flower Size 1/4' or more [.6 cm or more]

This species is found as a small to medium sized, deciduous terrestrial in grasslands, limestone or chalk deposits or in dune systems near the shore in Central and Southern Europe and is a cool to cold growing orchid. They are usually found in full sun and have linear to oblong-lanceolate, acute, canaliculate leaves and they bloom in the summer on a 2' [60 cm] long, erect, crowded, many flowered, pyramidal inflorescence with linear-lanceolate, acuminate floral bracts that has many, color variable, fragrant flowers with a musky odor.

Synonyms Aceras pyramidalis Rchb. 1833; Anacamptis condensata C. Koch 1849; Anacamptis durandi Bréb. 1936; Anacamptis pyramidalis f. condensata (Desf.) Maire & Weiller in R.C.J.Maire 1959; Anacamptis pyramidalis f. sanguinea (Druce) P.H.Sell 1997; Anacamptis pyramidalis subsp. condensata (Desf.) H.Lindb. 1932; Anacamptis pyramidalis var. brachystachys (d'Urv.) Boiss. in ?; Anacamptis pyramidalis var. sanguinea (Druce) Kreutz 2003; Orchis appendiculata Stokes 1812; Orchis bicornis Gilib. 1792; Orchis brachystachys d'Urv. 1822; Orchis condensata Desf. 1799; Orchis duquesnii Nyman 1855; *Orchis pyramidalis L. 1753; Orchis pyramidalis var. sanguinea Druce 1929; Orchis rivini Gouan 1775

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 38 No 9 1969; AOS Bulletin Vol 50 No 10 1981 photo; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Laurent 1992; Flora's Orchids Nash and La Croix 2005; The Wild Orchids of Britain Summerhayes 1951; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glenn 2002; Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Delforge 2005

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