Orchids

Broad-leaved orchid ( Dactylorhiza majalis )

Male orchid ( Orchis mascula )

Dactylorhiza in the shoulderbachtal in the northern Steigerwald

Several species of orchids are in the vernacular orchids called and were each as Stendelwurz , stand Wurz or Satyrion referred. From a botanical point of view, these are the genera Dactylorhiza , Orchis and some other, sometimes monotypical, genera.

features

Orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza

Mostly spotted leaves.
Foliage leaves distributed on the stem, becoming smaller towards the top.
Always recognizable by the bracts that accompany the flowers.
Many species colonize damp locations.
Tubers resemble a hand.

Orchids of the genus Orchis , Neotinea and Anacamptis

There are spotted and unspotted leaves, the number of species with unspotted leaves predominating.
Leaves arranged in a rosette, usually 1–2 sheathed leaves surrounding the stem.
Most species colonize moderately moist to dry soils.
Tubers oval to round.

The species of the genus Neotinea were, with the exception of one species, counted to the genus Orchis until 1997 . Numerous species of the genus Anacamptis ( dog sausages ) that formerly belonged to Orchis are also called orchids.

Other species and genera that are also called "orchid"

Rosa Kugelorchis also known as Rote Kugelorchis or Rosa Kugel-Orchid ( Traunsteinera globosa )

Yellow globe orchis , also known as yellow orchid ( Traunsteinera sphaerica )

Dwarf stendel , also dwarf orchid ( Chamorchis alpina )

Round-leaved orchid ( Amerorchis rotundifolia )

Web links

Commons : Orchids ( Dactylorhiza ) - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Knabenkräuter ( Orchis ) - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Rosa Kugelorchis ( Traunsteinera globosa ) - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Zwergstendel ( Chamorchis alpina ) - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Round-leaved orchid ( Amerorchis rotundifolia ) - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Peter Dilg : Orchid plants. In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages , Volume V, Col. 1231.
↑ Lorenz Fries : Synonima and just explanation of the words as one is to write in the artzny, all herbs, Wurtzlen, Bluomen, Somen, rocks, juices and other things [...]. Strasbourg 1519, sheet XLIII (“Satirion, stendelwurtz, Knabenkrut”).

[1] Peter Dilg : Orchid plants. In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages , Volume V, Col. 1231.

[2] Lorenz Fries : Synonima and just explanation of the words as one is to write in the artzny, all herbs, Wurtzlen, Bluomen, Somen, rocks, juices and other things [...]. Strasbourg 1519, sheet XLIII (“Satirion, stendelwurtz, Knabenkrut”).