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It can grow in dry or wet grazed meadows. As well as meadows, it can be found in coastal grasslands, quarries, churchyards, as well as on roadsides and lawns<ref>[http://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Anacamptis_morio_species_account.pdf BSBI Species Account - Anacamptis morio]</ref>. On the European continent it is also found in alpine pasture and in xerothermic grassland on porphyry outcrops <ref>[http://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Anacamptis_morio_species_account.pdf BSBI Species Account - Anacamptis morio]</ref>.
It can grow in dry or wet grazed meadows. As well as meadows, it can be found in coastal grasslands, quarries, churchyards, as well as on roadsides and lawns<ref>[http://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Anacamptis_morio_species_account.pdf BSBI Species Account - Anacamptis morio]</ref>. On the European continent it is also found in alpine pasture and in xerothermic grassland on porphyry outcrops <ref>[http://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Anacamptis_morio_species_account.pdf BSBI Species Account - Anacamptis morio]</ref>.


Plants cannot grow without a mycorrhizal partner. Mycorrhizal fungi known to grow in association with the green-winged orchid include Epulhoriza repens and Moniliopsis solani<ref>[http://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Anacamptis_morio_species_account.pdf BSBI Species Account - Anacamptis morio]</ref>.
Plants cannot establish without a mycorrhizal partner. Mycorrhizal fungi known to grow in association with the green-winged orchid include Epulhoriza repens and Moniliopsis solani<ref>[http://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Anacamptis_morio_species_account.pdf BSBI Species Account - Anacamptis morio]</ref>.


== Pollination ==
== Pollination ==

Revision as of 12:50, 17 October 2018

Anacamptis morio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Anacamptis
Species:
A. morio
Binomial name
Anacamptis morio
Synonyms[2]
  • Orchis morio L.
  • Herorchis morio (L.) D.Tyteca & E.Klein

Anacamptis morio, the green-winged orchid or green-veined orchid (synonym Orchis morio), is a flowering plant of the orchid family, Orchidaceae.

Green-winged orchid (A. morio) in bloom in meadow habitat

The green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) is an orchid species with usually purple flowers found in Europe and the Middle East.

Description

It flowers from late April to June in the British Isles, and as early as February in other countries, such as France. The inflorescence is of various colours, mainly purple but ranging from white, through pink, to deep purple. From 5 to 25 helmet-shaped flowers grow in a loose, linear bunch at the top of the single stalk. A pair of lateral sepals with prominent green, occasionally purple veins extend laterally like "wings", giving the orchid its name. The broad, three lobed, lower petal is pale in the center with dark spots.

Leaves are lanceolate, or sometimes ovate, and grow in a rosette around the base of the plan, with some thinner leaves clasping the stem and sheathing almost up to the flowers. Leaves are green and unspotted. Plants grow to 40cm in height.

It is similar in appearance to the early purple orchid, Orchis mascula, but has green stripes on the two lateral sepals, and lacks the spots or blotches of the Early Purple's leaves.

Distribution and Habitat

It is a native of western Eurasia, ranging from Europe to Iran. In the British Isles it is found in central-southern England, Wales and Ireland.

It grows in unimproved grassy meadows, especially on limestone-rich soil. This species thrives where grass is cut once or twice a year after flowering is complete, or where it is grazed after flowering is complete [3]. Cutting or mowing should not take place immediately after flowering but give time for seed dispersal.

It can grow in dry or wet grazed meadows. As well as meadows, it can be found in coastal grasslands, quarries, churchyards, as well as on roadsides and lawns[4]. On the European continent it is also found in alpine pasture and in xerothermic grassland on porphyry outcrops [5].

Plants cannot establish without a mycorrhizal partner. Mycorrhizal fungi known to grow in association with the green-winged orchid include Epulhoriza repens and Moniliopsis solani[6].

Pollination

Pollination is by bees[7] [8].

The flowers do not produce nectar, but can attract pollinators with their visual appearance. This nectar deception "facilitates the mixing of pollen between different individual plants, promotes genetic diversity in the species, and has been favored evolutionarily over nectar production."[9]

Individual plants may flower for up to 17 years[10].

Etymology

Anacamptis comes from the Greek "anakamptein" which according to different sources may mean to bend backward or to bend forward. The name morio is derived from the Greek word "moros" meaning "fool". This refers to the colourful, green striped flowers, after which its common name also derives.

Conservation

This species conservation status is vulnerable and near threatened [11]

It is a protected species in Northern Ireland under the Wildlife (NI) Order of 1985.[12]

In 2001 Anacamptis morio was adopted as the logo for Priory Vale, the third and final instalment in Swindon's 'Northern Expansion' project. Due to a rapid decline in the species they are protected in certain cases, although still regarded as being quite common in the Swindon area, especially Clifford Meadow, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) off Thamesdown Drive, Swindon.

Flower

Subspecies

As of May 2014, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts six subspecies:[13]

References

  1. ^ R. M. Bateman; A. M. Pridgeon; M. W. Chase (1997). "Phylogenetics of subtribe Orchidinae (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae) based on nuclear its sequences. 2. Infrageneric relationships and reclassification to achieve monophyly of Orchis sensu stricto". Lindleyana. 12: 113–141.
  2. ^ "Anacamptis morio". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  3. ^ BSBI Species Account - Anacamptis morio
  4. ^ BSBI Species Account - Anacamptis morio
  5. ^ BSBI Species Account - Anacamptis morio
  6. ^ BSBI Species Account - Anacamptis morio
  7. ^ BSBI Species Account - Anacamptis morio
  8. ^ The Royal Society - The effects of nectar addition on pollen removal and geitonogamy in the non-rewarding orchid Anacamptis morio
  9. ^ Britannica Blog: The Deceptive Flowers of Orchids
  10. ^ BSBI Species Account - Anacamptis morio
  11. ^ Plantlife - Green-winged orchid
  12. ^ Orchis morio :: Flora of Northern Ireland web site
  13. ^ "Search for Anacamptis morio". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
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