Anacamptis morio

RHS Plant Profile

green-winged orchid

Other common names

crake feet, fool orchid, gandergoose, gandergosses, goose and goslings, green-veined orchid, nuns, salep orchid

Orchis champagneuxii
Orchis morio

Family: Orchidaceae
Native to GB/Ireland: Yes
Genus: Anacamptis are slender terrestrial orchids with rounded tubers and a rosette of lance-shaped basal leaves, the erect stem bearing smaller and narrower leaves and a loose, or dense, terminal raceme of spurred flowers in early summer
Name Status: Correct