Lady Orchid

Orchis purpurea

The Lady Orchid is a beautiful flower with purple petals that look like a lady in a fancy dress! It blooms in spring and loves to grow in shady places.

Hábitat: Woodlands

Aspecto

The Lady Orchid has a robust stem topped with a dense spike of flowers. Its individual blooms feature a distinctive dark purple helmet-like upper sepal and a pale, often white or pinkish, three-lobed lower lip marked with darker purple spots and lines, resembling a tiny figure.

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Lady Orchid

Categoría

Plantas

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

Baby Lady Orchids get all their first meals from invisible fungi under the soil.

Its flower petals look just like a little person wearing a fancy purple hood!

Some orchids can live for over 100 years, growing new flowers each spring!

This orchid's name comes from its resemblance to a lady in an elegant dress.

Habilidades especiales

Lady Orchid has a clever scent that tricks insects into pollinating it, even though it offers no nectar reward!

Lady Orchid's tiny seeds need help from special underground fungi to sprout and grow strong.

Lady Orchid stores energy in underground tubers, letting it survive cold winters and bloom again next spring.

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 30-80 cm
Extensión: 15-30 cm
Tamaño de la flor: 1-2.5 cm
Temporada de floración: Primavera
Comestible: No
Toxicidad: Ninguna
Ciclo de vida: Perenne
Método de polinización: Insectos

Conexiones ecológicas

pollinates

Buff-tailed bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

Attracted to its deceptive flowers.

symbiotic with

Rhizoctonia fungus

Rhizoctonia repens

Provides essential nutrients to the orchid's seeds.

eaten by

Roe deer

Capreolus capreolus

May browse on its leaves and flowers.

eaten by

Red slug

Arion rufus

Slugs and snails can feed on orchid foliage.

Rasgos

Floración

Las plantas con flores son cualquier planta que produce flores como parte de su ciclo reproductivo.

Floración primaveral

Las plantas de floración primaveral producen sus flores durante la temporada de primavera, lo que a menudo significa el final del invierno y el comienzo de un nuevo crecimiento.