Orchidaceae
Monkey orchid
Orchis simia
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Orchis
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Common names
By language (28)
- Arabic
- سحلب سيمي
- Armenian
- Խոլորձ կապիկի
- arz
- سحلب سيمى
- azb
- مئیمون ثعلبی
- Azerbaijani
- Meymun səhləbi
- Bulgarian
- Маймунски салеп
- Dutch
- Aapjesorchis
- English
- Monkey orchid
- Georgian
- Მაიმუნის ჯადვარი
- German
- Affen-Knabenkraut
- Greek
- Όρχις η πιθηκοειδής
- Hebrew
- סחלב הקוף
- hsb
- Zapadna pihawka
- Hungarian
- Majomkosbor
- li
- Aeëpkesorchis, Aepkesorchis, Apeorchis, Eepkesorchis
- Luxembourgish
- Afe-Bouwekraut
- Norwegian
- Apeorkide
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Apeorkide
- Persian
- ثعلب میمونی
- Polish
- Storczyk małpi
- Russian
- Ятрышник обезьяний
- Slovenian
- Opičja kukavica
- Spanish
- Orquidea mono, Orquídea mono
- Tajik
- Саълаби маймунӣ
- Turkish
- Salep püskülü
- Ukrainian
- Зозулинець мавпячий
- Welsh
- Tegeirian y mwnci
- Western Frisian
- Aapkeskaaiblom
Synonyms
- Orchis cercopitheca Poir.
- Orchis linearis Tourlet
- Orchis militaris Sm.
- Orchis militaris subsp. simia (Lam.) Bonnier & Layens
- Orchis militaris var. laxiflora Boiss.
- Orchis militaris var. simia (Lam.) Gaudin
- Orchis simia f. rotundilobus Cortesi
- Orchis simia prol. brevidens Rouy
- Orchis simia subsp. simia
- Orchis simia subsp. taubertiana (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) Kreutz
- Orchis simia var. alba St.-Lag.
- Orchis simia var. brevidens Rouy
- Orchis simia var. cercopitheca (Poir.) Georgi
- Orchis simia var. laxiflora Boiss.
- Orchis smithii Sweet
- Orchis taubertiana B.Baumann & H.Baumann
- Orchis tephrosanthos var. cercopitheca (Poir.) Mérat
- Orchis zoophora Thuill.
- Strateuma militaris Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 1,064 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: katunchik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: SteveM4560, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Irene Saltini, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Μεταξία Φωτίου, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Delhalt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: veroalsace, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA 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.