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Orchid Species: Orchis signifera

Kew currently accepted name is Orchis mascula

Orchis signifera is an orchid species identified by Vest in 1824. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Orchis mascula.
Genus
Orchis (Orchis.)
Grex
signifera
Parents
Species
Author
Vest
Year
1824
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ORIGIN: Found on the islands of Corsica and Sardinia in short, poor grasslands, garrigue and scrub at elevations up to 1500 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Small sized, cool growing terrestrial orchid with a spindly, washed purplish-red apically stem carrying 3 to 6, basal, spreading in a rosette, near erect, unmarked, oval-lanceolate leaves with 1 to 3, smaller, clasping, cauline leaves above that blooms in the spring on a rather dense, ovoid then cylindrical, to 5 [12.5 cm] long, 10 to 20 flowered inflorescence and carrying fragrant flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 0.8 inches [2 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Orchis Orchis mascula 1755 (L.) L.
Add+ Orchis Orchis masculolatifolia 1860 Lange
Add+ Androrchis Androrchis ovalis 2008 (F.W.Schmidt) D.Tyteca & E.Klein
Add+ Orchidactyla Orc kromayeri 1966 (M.Schulze) Borsos & Soó
Add+ Orchidactyla Orc pentecostalis 1966 (Wettst. & Sennholz) Borsos & Soó
Add+ Orchidactyla Orc speciosissima 1966 (Wettst. & Sennholz) Borsos & Soó
Add+ Orchis Orchis cochleata 1902 H.Fleischm. & M.Schulze
Add+ Orchis Orchis compressiflora 1812 Stokes
Add+ Orchis Orchis fallax 1861 (De Not.) Willk. in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange
Add+ Orchis Orchis glaucophylla 1864 Kern.
Add+ Orchis Orchis hispanica 1970 A.Niesch. & C.Niesch.
Add+ Orchis Orchis ichnusae 1991 (Corrias) Devillers-Tersch. & Devillers
Add+ Orchis Orchis incantata 1989 P.Delforge
Add+ Orchis Orchis kromayeri 1904 M.Schulze
Add+ Orchis Orchis langei 1890 Lange ex K.Richt.
Add+ Orchis Orchis lapalmensis 2007 (Leibbach & Ruedi Peter) P.Delforge
Add+ Orchis Orchis mascula lusus alba 1928 (Goiran) Soó
Add+ Orchis Orchis mascula lusus rosea 1928 (Goiran) Soó
Add+ Orchis Orchis masculolaxiflora 1860 Lange
Add+ Orchis Orchis monsignatica 1941 (Font Quer) Rivas Goday
Add+ Orchis Orchis obtusa 1866 Schur
Add+ Orchis Orchis obtusiflora 1853 Schur
Add+ Orchis Orchis ovalis 1795 F.W.Schmidt
Add+ Orchis Orchis parreissii 1845 C.Presl
Add+ Orchis Orchis pentecostalis 1889 Wettst. & Sennholz
Add+ Orchis Orchis pinetorum 1882 Boiss. & Kotschy in P.E.Boissier
Add+ Orchis Orchis scopulorum 1961 Summerh.
Add+ Orchis Orchis speciosa 1831 Heuff. ex Rochel
Add+ Orchis Orchis speciosissima 1889 Wettst. & Sennholz
Add+ Orchis Orchis stabiana 1831 Ten.
Add+ Orchis Orchis tenera 1991 (Landwehr) Kreutz
Add+ Orchis Orchis verna 1819 Fleury
Add+ Orchis Orchis vernalis 1796 Salisb.
Add+ Orchis Orchis wanjkovii 1930 E.Wulff
Add+ Orchis Orchis wilmsii 1890 K.Richt.
Add+ Androrchis Androrchis ichnusae 2008 (Corrias) D.Tyteca & E.Klein
Add+ Androrchis Androrchis langei 2008 (Lange ex K.Richt.) D.Tyteca & E.Klein
Add+ Androrchis Androrchis mascula 2008 (L.) D.Tyteca & E.Klein
Add+ Androrchis Androrchis pinetorum 2008 (Boiss. & Kotschy) D.Tyteca & E.Klein
Add+ Androrchis Androrchis scopulorum 2008 (Summerh.) D.Tyteca & E.Klein
Add+ Androrchis Androrchis tenera 2008 (Landwehr) D.Tyteca & E.Klein
Add+ Orchis Orchis rectiflorus 1884 St.-Lag.
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