Genus Orchis

Overview

The genus Orchis is widespread throughout Europa and is almost found in all habitats. In dry neglected grasslands as well as in the forest or in damp biotopes. All in all circa 70 species are described in Europe. Eponymous for the German and the botanical name of the genus was the oval tuber of the plant, which evokes testicles (the Greek word for testicle is ‚orchis‘). According to new molecular biological analyses by Bateman et al. in 1997 some sections of the genus Orchis were regrouped into the genus Anacamptis, other sections were regrouped into the genus Neotinea. Only a few species remained within the genus Orchis. This regrouping is increasingly accepted, but is not undisputed.

Orchis anatolica

08.03.2001, Neo Chorio, Cyprus

14.04.2003, Thripti, Crete

31.03.2008, Profitis Ilias, Rhodes

01.04.2008, Laerma, Rhodes

Orchis boryi

09.04.2014, Nafpaktos, Greece

10.04.2014, Filothei, Greece

10.04.2014, Krioneri, Greece

10.04.2014, Filothei, Greece

Orchis brancifortii

25.04.2009, Ispignoli, Sardinia

19.04.2005, south of Taormina, Sicily

25.04.2009, Ispignoli, Sardinia

Orchis collina

14.04.2003, Thripti, Crete

Orchis coriophora

14.06.2014, district Landsberg, Germany

04.07.2014, north of Augsburg, Germany

06.06.2015, district Landsberg, Germany

Orchis coriophora wird von einer Hummel bestäubt. Deutlich sind die Pollinien auf dem Kopf der Hummel zu erkennen.

06.06.2015, district Landsberg, Germany

Orchis coriophora mit der Feuerwanze (Pyrrhocoris apterus) bei der Paarung, south of Augsburg.

04.06.2015, south of Augsburg, Germany

Orchis fragrans

05.04.2008, Kattavia, Rhodes

22.05.2013, Rionero Sannitico, Abruzzi

08.04.2014, Ampelokipi, Greece

15.04.2014, Halkoutsi, Greece

Orchis ichnusae

21.04.2009, Domusnovas, Sardinia

22.04.2009, Domusnovas, Sardinia

23.04.2009, Ortuabis, Sardinia

22.04.2009, Domusnovas, Sardinia

21.04.2009, Domusnovas, Sardinia

24.04.2009, Ussassai, Sardinia

23.04.2009, Ortuabis, Sardinia

Orchis italica

08.04.2014, Ampelokipi, Greece

24.05.2013, Acquafondata, Abruzzi

06.04.2014, Katsimpalis, Greece

07.04.2014, Kastella, Greece

06.04.2014, Katsimpalis, Greece

18.04.2005, south of Taormina, Sicily

Orchis lactea

19.04.2005, south of Taormina, Sicily

23.04.2009, Ortuabis, Sardinia

04.04.2008, Profitis Ilias, Rhodes

13.04.2003, Lassiti, Crete

Orchis laxiflora

23.05.2013, Pizzone, Abruzzi

26.04.2009, at the SP 125, Sardinia

Orchis laxiflora, at the SP 125, [with Serapias lingua].

26.04.2009, at the SP 125, Sardinia, [with Serapias lingua]

01.04.2008, Lardos, Rhodes

Orchis longicornu

20.04.2009, di Antas, Sardinia

17.04.2009, Ittiri, Sardinia

24.04.2009, Lanusei, Sardinia

19.04.2005, south of Taormina, Sicily

Orchis mascula ssp. mascula

24.05.2015, district Göppingen, Germany

07.05.2011, district Göppingen, Germany

Orchis mascula ssp. pinetorum

11.04.2014, Agios Nikolaos, Greece

Orchis mascula ssp. signifera [Syn. Orchis ovalis]

Orchis mascula ssp. signifera, Schafberg.

01.07.2013, Schafberg, Austria

Orchis mascula ssp. signifera, Geigelstein.

05.07.2013, Geigelstein, Germany

Orchis mascula ssp. signifera, Lago Selva.

24.05.2013, Lago Selva, Abruzzi

Orchis militaris

07.06.2013, district Göppingen, Germany

16.05.2015, district Heidenheim, Germany

07.05.2011, district Göppingen, Germany

19.05.2015, Southern Baden, Germany

17.05.2015, district Dillingen, Germany

23.05.2015, south of Augsburg, Germany

07.05.2011, district Göppingen, Germany

Orchis morio ssp. morio

21.05.2013, district Rosenheim, Germany

Orchis morio ssp. morio, Rionero Sannitico.

22.05.2013, Rionero Sannitico, Abruzzi

23.05.2013, Alfedena, Abruzzi

24.05.2013, Acquafondata, Abruzzi

Orchis morio ssp. morio, between Ioannina and Kozani.

11.04.2014, between Ioannina and Kozani, Greece

10.04.2014, Krioneri, Greece

11.04.2014, between Ioannina and Kozani, Greece

Orchis morio ssp. morio, Nördlinger Ries.

16.05.2015, Nördlinger Ries, Germany

23.04.2009, Seui, Sardinia

Orchis morio ssp. picta

04.04.2008, Profitis Ilias, Rhodes

Orchis pallens

05.05.2016, district Göppingen, Germany

Orchis palustris

30.06.2013, Southern Bavaria, Germany

19.06.2006, Southern Bavaria, Germany

Orchis papilionacea ssp. grandiflora

20.04.2009, di Antas, Sardinia

Orchis papilionacea ssp. grandiflora, Ittiri.

17.04.2009, Ittiri, Sardinia

Orchis papilionacea ssp. grandiflora, Ortuabis.

23.04.2009, Ortuabis, Sardinia

Orchis papilionacea ssp. grandiflora, Ittiri, [with Orchis longicornu (left)].

17.04.2009, Ittiri, Sardinia, [mit Orchis longicornu (links)]

Orchis papilionacea ssp. grandiflora, Southern Sicily.

18.04.2005, Southern Sicily, Sicily

Orchis papilionacea ssp. heroica

11.04.2014, Voutsaras, Greece

Orchis papilionacea ssp. heroica, Agia Marina.

15.04.2014, Agia Marina, Greece

Orchis papilionacea ssp. heroica, Kato Souli.

15.04.2014, Kato Souli, Greece

15.04.2014, Agia Marina, Greece

15.04.2014, Kato Souli, Greece

15.04.2014, Agia Marina, Greece

15.04.2014, Kato Souli, Greece

Orchis papilionacea ssp. heroica, Profilia.

01.04.2008, Profilia, Rhodes

Orchis papilionacea ssp. messenica

07.04.2014, Lambokambos, Greece

Orchis papilionacea ssp. papilionacea

17.04.2009, Ittiri, Sardinia

Orchis papilionacea ssp. papilionacea, Ortuabis.

23.04.2009, Ortuabis, Sardinia

Orchis papilionacea ssp. papilionacea, Monte Gargano.

24.04.2005, Monte Gargano, Apulia

Orchis pauciflora

07.04.2014, Kosmas, Greece

07.04.2014, Kremasti, Greece

07.04.2014, Kosmas, Greece

22.05.2013, Rionero Sannitico, Abruzzi

23.05.2013, Pizzone, Abruzzi

24.05.2013, Forcella di Cervaro, Abruzzi

14.04.2003, Thripti, Crete

Orchis provincialis

12.04.2014, Lakkomanteka, Greece

09.04.2014, near Kalavryta, Greece

09.04.2014, Nafpaktos, Greece

12.04.2014, Lakkomanteka, Greece

09.04.2014, near Kalavryta, Greece

12.04.2014, Lakkomanteka, Greece

04.04.2008, Profitis Ilias, Rhodes

19.04.2009, Monte Arvigano, Sardinia

17.04.2005, Palermo, Sicily

Orchis punctulata

16.03.2006, Fasoula, Cyprus

12.03.2006, Neo Chorio, Cyprus

16.03.2006, Fasoula, Cyprus

April 2004, Southwest Turkey, Türkei

Orchis purpurea

22.05.2013, Rionero Sannitico, Abruzzi

23.05.2013, Alfedena, Abruzzi

Orchis purpurea, between Ioannina and Kozani.

12.04.2014, between Ioannina and Kozani, Greece

24.04.2016, Arnaville, France

07.05.2011, district Göppingen, Germany

08.05.2004, Kaiserstuhl, Germany

25.04.2005, Monte Gargano, Apulia

Orchis quadripunctata

12.04.2014, Geroplatanos, Greece

07.04.2014, Kosmas, Greece

05.04.2014, Markopoulo, Greece

12.04.2014, Geroplatanos, Greece

05.04.2014, Markopoulo, Greece

07.04.2014, Lambokambos, Greece

07.04.2014, Kosmas, Greece

05.04.2014, Markopoulo, Greece

12.04.2014, Geroplatanos, Greece

07.04.2014, Kosmas, Greece

05.04.2014, Markopoulo, Greece

07.04.2014, Lambokambos, Greece

06.04.2014, bei Kosmas, Greece

Orchis sezikiana

15.03.2006, Gerasa, Cyprus

Orchis simia

24.05.2013, Forcella di Cervaro, Abruzzi

06.04.2014, Katsimpalis, Greece

12.04.2014, Geroplatanos, Greece

06.04.2014, Katsimpalis, Greece

08.05.2004, Kaiserstuhl, Germany

Orchis syriaca

12.03.2006, Neo Chorio, Cyprus

Orchis tridentata

23.05.2013, Villetta Barrea, Abruzzi

24.05.2013, Cervaro, Abruzzi

14.04.2014, Vrontou, Greece

Orchis troodi

15.03.2006, Gerasa, Cyprus

Orchis ustulata ssp. aestivalis

25.07.2012, Wolfratshausen, Germany

Orchis ustulata ssp. ustulata

07.06.2009, district Landsberg, Germany

Orchis ustulata ssp. ustulata, near Augsburg.

11.05.2007, near Augsburg, Germany

Orchis ustulata ssp. ustulata, Geigelstein.

05.07.2013, Geigelstein, Germany

24.05.2013, Cervaro, Abruzzi

Orchis ustulata ssp. ustulata, Villetta Barrea.

23.05.2013, Villetta Barrea, Abruzzi

Orchis ustulata ssp. ustulata, Southern Baden.

19.05.2015, Southern Baden, Germany

Orchis ustulata ssp. ustulata, south of Augsburg.

23.05.2015, south of Augsburg, Germany

20.05.2015, Kappel, Germany

19.05.2015, Southern Baden, Germany