Orchis fallax
Early Purple Orchid
Orchis mascula
(L.) L. Species
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- Botanical name
- Orchis mascula
- Also known as
- Early Purple Orchid, Early-Purple Orchid, Salep
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Orchis
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Early Purple 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 mascula but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Androrchis mascula
Orchis morio f. mascula
Orchis morio var. mascula
Orchis pinetorum
Orchis rectiflorus
Others in Orchis
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