Dactylorhiza foliosa

Madeiran Orchid
1857 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Dactylorhiza
Species: D. foliosa
Binomial name
Dactylorhiza foliosa
(Rchb.f.) Soó (1962)
Synonyms[2]
  • Orchis foliosa Sol. ex Lowe (1831), illegitimate homonym, not Sw. 1800 nor Masson ex Ker Gawl. 1819 nor Spreng. 1826 nor Schur 1866
  • Orchis latifolia var. foliosa Rchb.f. (1851)
  • Dactylorchis orientalis subsp. foliosa (Rchb.f.) Klinge (1898)
  • Orchis orientalis subsp. foliosa (Rchb.f.) Klinge (1898)
  • Dactylorchis foliosa (Rchb.f.) Verm. (1947)
  • Orchis maderensis Summerh. (1947 publ. 1948)
  • Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. foliosa (Rchb.f.) H.Sund. (1975)

Dactylorhiza foliosa, common name Madeiran orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, endemic to the Portuguese Island of Madeira in the eastern North Atlantic.[2] It is a tuberous herbaceous perennial growing to 60 cm (24 in) and producing spikes of intense, magenta-pink flowers in late spring.[3]

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit[4] (confirmed 2017).[5]

References

  1. ↑ Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by William Jackson Hooker (1785—1865) - "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol. 84 (Ser. 3 no. 14) pl. 5074
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  4. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Dactylorhiza foliosa". Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 22. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

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