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Orchid Species: Orchigymnadenia comigera

Kew currently accepted name is Gymnadenia conopsea

Orchigymnadenia comigera is an orchid species identified by (Rchb.) Asch. & Graebn. in 1907. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Gymnadenia conopsea.
Genus
Orchigymnadenia (Ogy.)
Grex
comigera
Parents
Species
Author
(Rchb.) Asch. & Graebn.
Year
1907
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ORIGIN: A small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial orchid found in Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, the Baleares, Portugal, France, Italy, Sicily, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Siberia, Iran, Turkey, China, Mongolia, Korea and Japan in calcareous soil in grasslands at altitudes up to 2800 meters.

DESCRIPTION: A small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial orchid with 3 to 7 linear, or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, green leaves that blooms in the mid spring through mid summer on a cylindrical, densely many flowered, bracteate, 2 to 3 [5 to 7.5 cm] long, racemose inflorescence carrying sweetly scented flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 3/8 inch [1 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym conopsea 1813 (L.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton
Add+ Dactylodenia Dtd comigera 1986 (Rchb.) Aver.
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym alpina 1981 (Turcz. ex Rchb.f.) Czerep.
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym angustifolia 1866 (M.Bieb.) Spreng.
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym anisoloba 1849 Peterm.
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym comigera 1830 Rchb.
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym conopea
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym conopsea lusus albiflora 1912 (Zapal.) Zimm.
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym conopsea lusus leucantha 1928 (Schur) Soó
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym conopsea raçe alpina 1912 (Turcz. ex Rchb.f.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym graminea 2002 Dworschak
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym ibukiensis 1912 Makino in Y.Iinuma
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym ornithis 1817 (Jacq.) Rich.
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym pseudoconopsea 1912 (P.E.Parm.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym sibirica 1835 Turcz. ex Lindl.
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym splendida 2002 Dworschak
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym transsilvanica 1866 Schur
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym vernalis 2002 Dworschak
Add+ Gymnadenia Gym wahlenbergii 1851 Afzel. ex Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach
Add+ Habenaria Hab gymnadenia 1897 Druce
Add+ Orchis Orchis conopsea 1753 L.
Add+ Dactylogymnadenia Dyy comigera 1969 (Rchb.) Rauschert
Add+ Orchis Orchis conopea 1862 Gras
Add+ Orchis Orchis cornopica 1768 Mill.
Add+ Orchis Orchis ornithis 1774 Jacq.
Add+ Orchis Orchis peloria 1816 Foucault ex Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck
Add+ Orchis Orchis pseudoconopea 1869 Gren.
Add+ Orchis Orchis pseudoconopsea 1894 P.E.Parm.
Add+ Orchis Orchis suaveolens 1796 Salisb.
Add+ Satyrium Satm conopseum 1826 (L.) Wahlenb.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Gym. conopsea 'Atlas' (2014) Gym. conopsea 'Trident' (2001)
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