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Orchid Species: Epipactis palustris lusus violacea

Kew currently accepted name is Epipactis palustris

Epipactis palustris lusus violacea is an orchid species identified by Höppner in 1925. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Epipactis palustris.
Genus
Epipactis (Epcts.)
Grex
palustris lusus violacea
Parents
Species
Author
Höppner
Year
1925
ORIGIN: Found in Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czechloslavakia, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Albania, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine Western Russia, Central Russia, Siberia, Kazakastan, Kirgistan, Turkemenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Mongolia and China from sea-level to 1600 meters around moors, dune slacks and marshes in alkaline soils.

DESCRIPTION: This small to medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with a long creeping rhizome carrying pubescent, purplish stems with sheathing leaves and 4 to 8 oblong to oblong-lanceolate, subacute to acuminate leaves and it blooms in the late spring and summer on a secund, laxly few to many [5 to 20] flowered inflorescence that has lanceolate bracts that are as long as or a bit shorter than the nodding flowers. Tjis species is often found in conjunction with ants and may benefit from their presence.

FLOWER SIZE: 2/3 inches [1.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Epipactis Epcts palustris 1769 (L.) Crantz
Add+ Helleborine Helleborine palustris f. ampla 1927 (Höppner) Soó
Add+ Helleborine Helleborine palustris f. ericetorum 1928 (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó
Add+ Calliphyllon Calliphyllon palustre 1901 (L.) Bubani
Add+ Helleborine Helleborine palustris lusus albiflora 1927 (Höppner) Soó
Add+ Helleborine Helleborine palustris lusus ochroleuca 1927 (Barla) Soó
Add+ Helleborine Helleborine palustris lusus purpurea 1927 (Sipkes) Soó
Add+ Helleborine Helleborine palustris lusus tricolor 1927 (Höppner) Soó
Add+ Helleborine Helleborine palustris lusus violacea 1927 (Höppner) Soó
Add+ Limodorum Limo palustre 1891 (L.) Kuntze
Add+ Serapias Srps longiflora 1779 Asso
Add+ Amesia Amesia palustris 1913 (L.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Add+ Helleborine Helleborine palustris 1756 (L.) Schrank
Add+ Serapias Srps palustris 1768 (L.) Mill.
Add+ Arthrochilium Arh palustre 1890 (L.) Beck
Add+ Cymbidium Cym palustre 1800 (L.) Sw.
Add+ Epipactis Epcts palustris lusus albiflora 1925 Höppner
Add+ Epipactis Epcts palustris lusus ochroleuca 1925 (Barla) Höppner
Add+ Epipactis Epcts palustris lusus tricolor 1925 Höppner
Add+ Epipactis Epcts salina 1866 Schur
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Epcts. palustris 'Tower Grove' (1993)
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