Orchidaceae

Branciforti's orchid

Orchis brancifortii Biv.

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Orchis

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Branciforti's orchid: Sicilian botanical endemisms Orchis brancifortii — Photo: Girolamo Giardina uploaded by Esculapio, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

English: Branciforti's orchid
German: Brancifortis Knabenkraut
Italian: Orchide di Branciforti

Synonyms

Anacamptis brancifortii (Biv.) Lindl.
Anacamptis quadripunctata Lindl.
Androrchis brancifortii (Biv.) D.Tyteca & E.Klein
Orchis brancifortii f. maculata J.Baláz & M.Baláz
Orchis quadripunctata f. brancifortii (Biv.) Soó
Orchis quadripunctata lus. obscura K.Malý
Orchis quadripunctata subsp. brancifortii (Biv.) E.G.Camus

Flowers

In flower: March to May (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: Girolamo Giardina uploaded by Esculapio, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Liliane Pessotto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Daniel Ghyselinck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hans Stieglitz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: hecklemore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: The original uploader was Michele.iannizzotto at Italian Wikipedia ., CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daniel Ghyselinck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: hecklemore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michele Iannizzotto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daniel Ghyselinck, 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.