Orchidaceae
Holy orchid
Anacamptis sancta
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Anacamptis
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Holy orchid
- German
- Heiliges Knabenkraut
- Hebrew
- סחלב קדוש
Synonyms
- Anteriorchis sancta (L.) E.Klein & Strack
- Herorchis sancta (L.) D.Tyteca & E.Klein
- Orchis coriophora subsp. sancta (L.) Hayek
- Orchis coriophora var. sancta (L.) Rchb.f.
- Orchis sancta L.
- Orchis sancta f. minor Bornm. ex Soó
Photos
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Stieglitz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.