Man Orchid

Orchis anthropophora

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Botanical name
Orchis anthropophora
Also known as
Man Orchid
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Orchis
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Man Orchid

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

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

Aceras anthropomorphum Aceras anthropophorum Aceras anthropophorum Aceras anthropophorum Aceras anthropophorum f. angustatum Aceras anthropophorum f. apiculatum Aceras anthropophorum f. latior Aceras anthropophorum f. purpurata Aceras anthropophorum lus. flavescens Aceras anthropophorum var. angustata Aceras anthropophorum var. angustatum Aceras anthropophorum var. balearicum Aceras anthropophorum var. latior Arachnites anthropophora Himantoglossum anthropophorum Loroglossum anthropophorum Loroglossum brachyglotte Ophrys anthropomorpha Ophrys anthropophora Satyrium anthropomorpha Satyrium anthropomorphum Satyrium anthropophora Serapias anthropophora

Others in Orchis

Orchis × aurunca
Orchis × bispurium
Orchis × caesii
Orchis × chabalensis
Orchis × macra
Orchis × permixta
Orchis × schebestae
Orchis bivonae

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