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New to orchids
This page is included in order to assist people who are new to orchids with the names and nomenclature used in the website and literature. Usually orchids are referred to by their Latin names, which appear in italics because common names vary from district to district and country to country. All the Latin names appear in alphabetical order in the Photographs section. In this table former names are in (brackets).
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Common Name |
Latin name |
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Autumn Lady's Tresses |
Spiranthes spiralis |
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Bee Orchid |
Ophrys apifera |
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Bird's-nest Orchid |
Neottia nidus-avis |
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Bog Orchid |
Hammarbya paludosa |
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Broad-leaved Helleborine |
Epipactis helleborine |
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Burnt Orchid (or Burnt-tip Orchid) |
Neotinea (Orchis) ustulata |
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Common Spotted Orchid |
Dactylorhiza fuchsii |
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Common Twayblade |
Neottia (Listera) ovata |
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Coral-root Orchid |
Corallorhiza trifida |
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Creeping Lady's Tresses |
Goodyera repens |
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Dark Red Helleborine |
Epipactis atrorubens |
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Dense-flowered Orchid |
Neotinea maculata |
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Dune Helleborine |
Epipactis dunenesis |
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Early Marsh Orchid |
Dactylorhiza incarnata |
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Early Purple Orchid |
Orchis mascula |
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Early Spider Orchid |
Ophrys sphegodes |
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Fen Orchid |
Liparis loeselii |
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Fly Orchid |
Ophrys insectifera |
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Fragrant Orchid |
Gymnadenia conopsea |
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Frog Orchid |
Dactylorhiza (Coeloglossum) viridis |
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Ghost Orchid |
Epipogium aphyllum |
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Greater Butterfly Orchid |
Platanthera chlorantha |
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Green-flowered Helleborine |
Epipactis phyllanthes |
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Green-winged Orchid (or Green-veined Orchid) |
Anacamptis (Orchis) morio |
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Heath Fragrant Orchid |
Gymnadenia borealis |
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Heath Spotted Orchid |
Dactylorhiza maculata |
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Hebridean Marsh Orchid |
Dactylorhiza ebudensis |
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Irish Lady's Tresses |
Spiranthes romanzoffiana |
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Irish Marsh Orchid |
Dactylorhiza occidentalis |
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Jersey Orchid |
Anacamptis laxiflora |
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Lady Orchid |
Orchis purpurea |
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Lady's Slipper Orchid |
Cypripedium calceolus |
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Late Spider Orchid |
Ophrys fuciflora |
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Lesser Butterfly Orchid |
Platanthera bifolia |
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Lesser Twayblade |
Neottia (Listera) cordata |
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Lizard Orchid |
Himantoglossum hircinum |
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Man Orchid |
Orchis (Aceras) anthropophorum |
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Marsh Fragrant Orchid |
Gymnadenia densiflora |
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Marsh Helleborine |
Epipactis palustris |
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Military Orchid |
Orchis militaris |
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Monkey Orchid |
Orchis simia |
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Musk Orchid |
Herminium monorchis |
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Narrow-lipped Helleborine |
Epipactis leptochila |
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Narrow-leaved Marsh Orchid |
Dactylorhiza traunsteineroides |
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Northern Marsh Orchid |
Dactylorhiza purpurella |
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Pyramidal Orchid |
Anacamptis pyramidalis |
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Red helleborine |
Cephalanthera rubra |
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Small-flowered Tongue Orchid |
Serapias parviflora |
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Small White Orchid |
Pseudorchis albida |
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Southern Marsh Orchid |
Dactylorhiza praetermissa |
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Sword-leaved Helleborine |
Cephalanthera longifolia |
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Violet Helleborine |
Epipactis purpurata |
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White Helleborine |
Cephalanthera damasonium |
Sketch of the anatomy of an Orchis Sketch of the anatomy of an Ophrys
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