Dactylorhiza saccifera(Brongn.) Soó - Wild Orchid
Scientific Description:
Plants 20–60 cm. Stem solid, leafy. Leaves with or rarely without purplish spots; lowest leaf oblong to ovate, upper ones lanceolate, broadest at or slightly above middle, to 17 × 5 cm. Spike conical at first, later ± cylindrical. Lower bracts exceeding the rose-violet, rarely white flowers. Sepals lanceolate, to 12 mm; lateral spreading. Petals ovate-lanceolate. Labellum deeply 3-lobed, 10–12 × 12–l5 mm, with darker coloured interrupted loops and spots; lateral lobes ± rhomboid, margins irregularly crenulate-dentate; middle lobe triangular, porrect, to 6 mm. Spur saccate-cylindrical, straight, often inflated, to 12 mm long and to 3–5 mm broad at base.
Flowering time: June−July.
Habitat: Forests, forest margins, near springs, streamsides, 800–1680 m.
Reference:
Renz J & Taubenheim G (1984). Dactylorhiza saccifera (Brongn.) Soó, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 8: 540.
Public Description:
Dactylorhiza saccifera, commonly known as “wild orchid”, is native to the Balkans, Türkiye and throughout the central and eastern Mediterranean region. It is a tuberous perennial herb with showy pink flowers on a slender stalk. The wild orchid blooms either in full sun or in partially shaded grassy places, and it can be found in the edges of woodland, in woodland clearings and, very commonly, on roadside verges.
References:
Anonymous (2017). http://www.first-nature.com/flowers/dactylorhiza-saccifera.php, Accessed date: 04.05.2017.
Güler N (2012). Dactylorhiza Necker ex Nevski, In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 631–635.