Dactylorchis majalis (Rchb. f.) P.F. Hunt & Summerh 1965 Photo courtesy of Pascal Pernot and the Orchids of France and Europe
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D majalis Group
Common Name The Fistula-Shaped Dactylorhiza - The Broad Leaved Marsh Orchid
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
A small to giant sized, cold growing terrestrial from Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Czechloslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and most all of Russia with 2 to 5 lobed tubers and a stem carrying 4 to 8, ovate-lanceolate, plain green or spooted maroon leaves that blooms in the spring and early summer on a terminal, erect, 2 to 4" [5 to 10 cm] long, densely many flowered, racemose inflorescence with leaf-like bracts.
Synonyms Dactylorhiza fistulosa (Moench) H. Baumann & Künkele 1983; Dactylorchis flavescens (C. Koch) Verm. 1947; Dactylorchis incarnata f. punctata Verm. 1949; Dactylorchis latifolia (L.) Rothm. 1963; Dactylorchis latifolia subsp. brevifolia Bisse 1963; Dactylorchis majalis (Rchb. f.) P.F. Hunt & Summerh 1965; Dactylorchis majalis f. alboliliacea Verm. 1949; Dactylorchis majalis f. alpestroides Verm. 1949; Dactylorchis majalis f. atrorubens Verm. 1949; Dactylorchis majalis subsp. cambrensis R.H.Roberts 1961; Dactylorhiza cambrensis (R.H.Roberts) Aver. 1984; Dactylorhiza comosa (Scop.) P.D.Sell in P.D.Sell & G.Murrell 1996; Dactylorhiza comosa subsp. majalis (Rchb.) P.D.Sell 1996; Dactylorhiza flavescens (C. Koch) Holub 1974; Dactylorhiza incarnata f. ochrantha Landwehr 1975; Dactylorhiza incarnata f. punctata (Verm.) R.M.Bateman & Denholm 1985; Dactylorhiza incarnata lus. albida (Rchb.f.) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. incarnata; Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. pulchella (Druce) Soó 1962; Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. punctata R.Doll 1978; Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. pyrenaica Balayer 1986; Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. serotina (Hausskn.) Soó & D.M.Moore 1978; Dactylorhiza incarnata var. brevibracteata Landwehr 1975; Dactylorhiza incarnata var. reichenbachii Gathoye & D.Tyteca 1994; Dactylorhiza incarnata var. trifurca (Rchb.f.) Aver. 1988; Dactylorhiza majalis (Reich.) P.F. Hunt & Summerhayes 1965; Dactylorhiza majalis f. alpestroides (Verm.) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis f. aspersa F.Proch. 1982; Dactylorhiza majalis f. atrorubens (Verm.) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis f. barlae (E.G.Camus) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis f. brevicalcarata (Harz ex Schltdl., Langeth. & Schenk) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis f. immaculata (Harz ex Schltdl., Langeth. & Schenk) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis f. laxa (Harz ex Schltdl., Langeth. & Schenk) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis f. linearis (Thielens) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis f. linguata (Harz ex Schltdl., Langeth. & Schenk) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis f. maculata (Thielens) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis f. magnicalcarata (Harz ex Schltdl., Langeth. & Schenk) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis f. tharandina (Rchb.f.) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis lus. albiflora (Thielens) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis lus. alboliliacea (Verm.) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis lus. alborosacea (Erdner) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis lus. carnea (Neuman) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis lus. pallida (Thielens) Soó 1970 publ. 1971; Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. cambrensis (R.H.Roberts) ined.; Dactylorhiza majalis var. atrata A.J.Richards 1991; Dactylorhiza majalis var. bowmanii M.N.Jenk. 1995; Dactylorhiza majalis var. cambrensis (R.H.Roberts) R.M.Bateman & Denholm 1983; Dactylorhiza majalis var. druceoides Balayer 1986; Dactylorhiza majalis var. semimaculata R.Doll 1978; Dactylorhiza pulchella (Druce) Aver. 1984; Dactylorhiza purpurella subsp. majaliformis E.Nelson ex Løjtnant 1979; Dactylorhiza romana subsp. georgica (Klinge) Soó ex Renz & Taubenheim 1983; Dactylorhiza sambucina subsp. georgica (Klinge) H.Sund. 1980; Dactylorhiza strictifolia (Opiz) Rauschert ex Hudziok 1965; Orchis altaica (Rchb.f.) Soó 1933; Orchis angustifolia Loiseleur ex Rchb. 1831; Orchis angustifolia var. haussknechtii Klinge 1893; Orchis comosa Schur 1866; Orchis comosa Scop. 1772; Orchis condensa Schur 1866; Orchis divaricata Rich. ex Loisel. 1807 ; Orchis divaricata Boreau 1849; Orchis extensa Hartm. ex Pritz. 1855; Orchis fistulata Stokes 1812; Orchis fistulosa Moench 1794; Orchis flavescens C. Koch 1849; Orchis georgica (Klinge) Medw. 1919; Orchis impudica Crantz 1769; Orchis incarnata f. trifurca Rchb.f. 1851; Orchis incarnata subsp. integrata E.G.Camus ex Fourcy 1891; Orchis incarnata subvar. altaica Rchb.f. 1851; Orchis incarnata var. albida Rchb.f. 1851; Orchis incarnata var. borealis Nyman 1909; Orchis incarnata var. lanceata Rchb.f. 1851; Orchis incarnata var. pulchella Druce 1918; Orchis incarnata var. serotina Hausskn. 1885; Orchis integrata E.G.Camus 1892; Orchis lanceata A.Dietr. 1833; Orchis latifolia Linne 1753; Orchis latifolia Scop. 1772; Orchis latifolia var. cambrica Pugsley 1935; Orchis latifolia var. longibracteata Neilr. 1846; Orchis lusitanica Steud. 1841; Orchis macra Schur 1866; Orchis majalis Rchb f.. 1828; *Orchis majalis Neuman 1905; Orchis majalis f. barlae E.G.Camus 1921; Orchis majalis f. brevicalcarata Harz ex Schltdl. 1895; Orchis majalis f. immaculata Harz ex Schltdl. 1895; Orchis majalis f. laxa Harz ex Schltdl. 1895; Orchis majalis f. linearis Thielens 1875; Orchis majalis f. linguata Harz ex Schltdl. 1895; Orchis majalis f. maculata Thielens 1875; Orchis majalis f. magnicalcarata Harz ex Schltdl. 1895; Orchis majalis var. tharandina Rchb.f. 1851; Orchis majalis lus. albiflora Thielens 1875; Orchis majalis lus. alborosacea Erdner 1911; Orchis majalis lus. pallida Thielens 1875; Orchis mediterranea subsp. georgica Klinge 1898; Orchis militaris Puccin. ex Parl. 1860; Orchis mixta Retz 1779; Orchis palmata Gilib. 1792; Orchis pseudosambucina subsp. georgica Klinge 1898; Orchis strictifolia Opiz 1852; Orchis tharandina Rchb.f. 1851; Orchis traunsteineri Saut. ex W.Koch 1837; Orchis traunsteineri var. serotina Hausskn. 1885
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Delforge 2005
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