Orchis fallax
Monkey Orchid
Orchis simia
Lam. Species
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- Botanical name
- Orchis simia
- Also known as
- Monkey Orchid
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Orchis
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Monkey 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 simia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Orchis cercopitheca
Orchis linearis
Orchis militaris
Orchis militaris subsp. simia
Orchis militaris var. laxiflora
Orchis militaris var. simia
Orchis simia f. rotundilobus
Orchis simia prol. brevidens
Orchis simia subsp. simia
Orchis simia subsp. taubertiana
Orchis simia var. alba
Orchis simia var. brevidens
Orchis simia var. cercopitheca
Orchis simia var. laxiflora
Orchis smithii
Orchis taubertiana
Orchis tephrosanthos var. cercopitheca
Orchis zoophora
Strateuma militaris
Others in Orchis
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