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Gymnadenia conopsea (fragrant orchid)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Gymnadenia conopsea, commonly known as the fragrant orchid, is a herbaceous plant belonging to the family Orchidaceae native to northern Europe.
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Infraspecies

Gymnadenia conopsea conopsea
Gymnadenia conopsea serotina
Gymnadenia conopsea var. densiflora

Attributes

Bee Flower Color [1]  Blue
Flower Color [1]  Pink
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Moths
Scent [2]  The flowers have a delicious perfume which is more pronounced at night.
Structure [2]  Bulb
Height [2]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [3]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Moist
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Protected Areas

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Predators

Cucullia gnaphalii[4]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Zygaena filipendulae (Six-spot Burnet)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Melampsora epitea var. epitea[5]
Puccinia sessilis (Arum Rust)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0