Orchidaceae
Ghost orchid
Epipogium aphyllum
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Epipogium
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Common names
By language (21)
- Armenian
- Էպիպոգիում անտերև
- Belarusian
- Надбароднік бязьлісьцевы
- Catalan
- Orquídia fantasma
- Chinese
- 无叶上须兰, 昙花茎, 無葉上鬚蘭, 裂唇虎舌兰, 垦丁虎舌兰
- Czech
- Sklenobýl bezlistý
- Dutch
- Spookorchis
- English
- Ghost orchid
- Estonian
- Lehitu pisikäpp
- Finnish
- Korallimetsänemä, Metsänemä
- French
- Épipogon sans feuilles, Épipogon sans fleurs
- German
- Blattloser Widerbart, Ohnblatt, Widerbart
- hsb
- Bjezłopjenata njebródka
- Italian
- Epipogio, Epipogio afillo
- Lithuanian
- Belapė antabarzdė, Antbarzdė
- Luxembourgish
- Ouniblat-Geeschterorchidee
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Huldreblomst
- os
- Зылындидин
- Polish
- Storzan bezlistny
- Russian
- Надбородник безлистный
- Swedish
- Skogsfru
- Thai
- กล้วยไม้ผียูเรเชีย
Synonyms
- Epipactis epipogium (L.) All.
- Epipogium aphyllum f. albiflorum Y.N.Lee & K.S.Lee
- Epipogium aphyllum var. stenochilum Hand.-Mazz.
- Epipogium epipogium (L.) H.Karst.
- Epipogium generalis E.H.L.Krause
- Epipogium gmelinii Rich.
- Epipogon epipogium H.Karst.
- Limodorum aphyllum (F.W.Schmidt) Sw.
- Limodorum epipogium (L.) Sw.
- Orchis aphylla F.W.Schmidt
- Satyrium epipogium L.
- Serapias epigogium (L.) Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 109 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sylvain Montagner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anastasia Titovets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eero Koskinen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.