ORCHID FAMILY
Orchis palustris(BOG ORCHID)
(Çayır salebi)
(Knabenkraut)
Orchidaceae
Tuberous perennial herbs. Stem up to 100 cm. Leaves erect, linear to linear-lanceolate, up to 25 x 2,5 cm. Inflorescence a cylindrical spike. Flowers purple, rarely pink. Lateral sepals ereto-patent. Labellum fan-shaped, obovate, usually 3-lobed; centre whitish with purple dots. Spur straight, ascending. Fruit a capsule. Potential ornamental. Fl. June-July. Wet meadows and swamps, s.l.
W & C. Europe, Crimea, S. Russia, Mediterranean area, Caucasia, Turkestan-Transcaspia, N. Iraq, N. & N.W Iran.
