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Orchid Species: Dactylorhiza majalis

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Dactylorhiza majalis is an orchid species identified by (Rchb.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. in 1965.
Genus
Dactylorhiza (Dact.)
Grex
majalis
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
(Rchb.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh.
Year
1965
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ORIGIN: Found in Finland, Germany, the Baltic Republics, Russia, western Russia and Kazakistan in fens and meadows mostly near the coast at elevations of 500 to 2400 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a rather robust hollow, washed reddish-violet towards the apex stem carrying 2 to 5 cauline, densely to lightly spotted purple on upper, erect, well spread along stemnarrowly to broadly lanceolate leaves with the upper 2 being bract-like that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, rather laxly 5 to 20 flowered inflorescence with the floral bracts being equal in length to the flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 1 inch [2.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact kalopissii 1976 E.Nelson
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact nieschalkiorum 1981 H.Baumann & Künkele
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact sennia 2002 Vollmar
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact baltica 1970 (Klinge) N.I.Orlova
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact deweveri 1962 (Verm.) Soó
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact hoeppneri 1960 (A.Fuchs) Soó
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact longifolia 1984 (Neuman) Aver.
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact macedonica 1988 J.Hölzinger & Künkele
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact majalis lusus albiflora 1971 (Thielens) Soó
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact majalis lusus alboliliacea 1971 (Verm.) Soó
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact majalis lusus alborosacea 1971 (Erdner) Soó
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact majalis lusus carnea 1971 (Neuman) Soó
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact majalis lusus pallida 1971 (Thielens) Soó
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact parvimajalis 2000 D.Tyteca & Gathoye
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact pythagorae 1992 Gölz & H.R.Reinhard
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact sphagnicola 1984 (Höppner) Aver.
Add+ Dactylorchis Dtylo baltica 1947 (Klinge) Verm.
Add+ Dactylorchis Dtylo deweveri 1949 Verm.
Add+ Dactylorchis Dtylo hoeppneri 1947 (A.Fuchs) Verm.
Add+ Dactylorchis Dtylo longifolia 1947 (Neuman) Verm.
Add+ Dactylorchis Dtylo sphagnicola 1947 (Höppner) Verm.
Add+ Orchis Orchis baltica 1919 (Klinge) A.Fuchs
Add+ Orchis Orchis hoeppneri 1947 (A.Fuchs) Höppner ex Verm.
Add+ Orchis Orchis latifolia 1772 Scop.
Add+ Orchis Orchis longifolia 1909 Neuman
Add+ Orchis Orchis majalis lusus albiflora 1875 Thielens
Add+ Orchis Orchis majalis lusus alborosacea 1911 Erdner
Add+ Orchis Orchis majalis lusus pallida 1875 Thielens
Add+ Orchis Orchis sphagnicola 1927 Höppner
Add+ Dactylorchis Dtylo majalis 1947 (Rchb.) Verm.
Add+ Orchis Orchis majalis 1905 </i><i> carnea</i> Neuman
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact majalis ssp. kalopissii 2019 (E.Nelson) H.A.Pedersen
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact majalis ssp. macedonica 2019 (J.Hölz. & Künkele) H.A.Pedersen
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact majalis ssp. nieschalkiorum 2019 (H.Baumann & Künkele) H.A.Pedersen
Add+ Dactylorhiza Dact majalis ssp. pythagorae 2019 (Gölz & H.R.Reinhard) H.A.Pedersen
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