Frog Orchid

Dactylorhiza viridis

(L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase Species

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Botanical name
Dactylorhiza viridis
Also known as
Frog Orchid, Frog-Orchis, Longbract Frog Orchid
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Dactylorhiza
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Frog Orchid

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Dactylorhiza viridis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Chamorchis viridis Coeloglossum nankotaizanensis Coeloglossum viride Coeloglossum viride Coeloglossum viride subsp. bracteatum Coeloglossum viride subsp. eurasiaticum Dactylorhiza viride Entaticus viridis Gymnadenia viridis Habenaria viridis Himantoglossum viride Orchis viridis Peristylus viridis Platanthera viridis Satyrium viride Sieberia viridis

Others in Dactylorhiza

Dactylorhiza foliosa
Richly-Leaved Dactylorhiza
Dactylorhiza graggeriana
Dactylorhiza hatagirea
Dactylorhiza iberica
Dactylorhiza incarnata
Early Marsh-Orchid
Dactylorhiza insularis
Dactylorhiza maculata
Heath Spotted-Orchid
Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. maculata

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