Orchidaceae
Lady orchid
Orchis purpurea
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Orchis
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- سحلب أرجواني
- arz
- سحلب ارجوانى
- Azerbaijani
- Purpur səhləb
- Bulgarian
- Пурпурен салеп
- Czech
- Vstavač nachový
- Danish
- Stor Gøgeurt
- Dutch
- Purperorchis
- English
- Lady orchid
- Esperanto
- Purpura orkido
- French
- Pentecôte
- German
- Purpur-Knabenkraut, Purper-Knabenkraut
- hsb
- Bahorowa pihawka
- Hungarian
- Bíboros kosbor, Erdei kosbor
- Italian
- Orchide maggiore, Orchide purpureo
- Luxembourgish
- Purpurrout Bouwekraut
- Malayalam
- ഓർക്കിസ് പർപുരിയ
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Purpurnøklar
- os
- Сæнтсырх æнæзæнæджыхос
- Persian
- ثعلب ارغوانی
- Polish
- Storczyk purpurowy
- Russian
- Ятрышник пурпурный
- Slovak
- Vstavač purpurový
- Slovenian
- Škrlatnordeča kukavica
- Spanish
- Orquídea púrpura, Orquidea de dama, Orquidea purpura, Orquídea de dama, Orquídea purpura, Strateuma grandis
- Swedish
- Stornycklar
- Ukrainian
- Зозулинець пурпуровий
- Welsh
- Tegeirian ysblennydd
Synonyms
- Orchis militaris subsp. purpurea (Huds.) Bonnier & Layens
- Orchis militaris var. fusca (Jacq.) Tinant
- Orchis militaris var. purpurea (Huds.) Huds.
- Orchis purpurea f. vulgaris Leimbach
- Orchis purpurea var. moravica Leimbach
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 3,260 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Irene Saltini, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Irene Saltini, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: jfgodeau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: JW., CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jacques Neuberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Henry Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sebastian Uzum, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DDutrey, 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.