Orchis papilionacea, Orchis caspia, Anacamptis papilionacea,
Vermeulenia papilionacea, Pink Butterfly Orchid, סחלב פרפרני
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| | Scientific name: |
| Orchis papilionacea L. |
| Synonym name: |
| Orchis caspia Trautv., Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R.M.Bateman,
Vermeulenia papilionacea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve |
| Common name: |
| Pink Butterfly Orchid |
| Hebrew name: |
| סחלב פרפרני |
| Family: |
| Orchidaceae, סחלביים |
Location: Hararit, Lavra Netofa, Lower Galilee, Misgav, הררית , מבדד נטופה; Date Picture Taken: March 6,2009
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| | Life form: |
| Geophyte |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, rosette, entire |
| Flowers: |
| Pink, Purple |
| Flowering Period: |
| February, March, April |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
| Chorotype: |
| Mediterranean |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Date Picture Taken: March 3, 2008
Derivation of the botanical name:
Orchis, ορχιϛ, "testicle" (here, shape of), from the rootform of some species. For that reason, Orchis has been regarded since antiquity as an aphrodisiac.
papilionacea, papilio, butterfly; aceus, resembles, of..., ...like; butterfly like.
caspia , from the shores of the Caspian Sea.
Anacamptis<, anakampto, bend back, referring to the spur or to the reflexed tracts or pollina.
Vermeulenia, named after P.Vermeulen, Nederland.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
- The standard author abbreviation Trautv. is used to indicate Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter (1809 – 1889), a Baltic German botanist, specialising in the flora of the Caucasus and central Asia.
- The standard author abbreviation R.M.Bateman is used to indicate Richard Mark Bateman, an U.K. botanist,President of the UK Hardy Orchid Society, Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum, London, Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Head of Phylogeny and Palaeobotany at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and National Museums of Scotland.
- The standard author abbreviation Á. Löve is used to indicate Áskell Löve (1916 – 1994), an Icelandic botanist who worked in Iceland and the U.S.
- The standard author abbreviation D. Löve is used to indicate Doris Benta Maria Löve (1918 – 2000), a Swedish botanist who worked in Iceland and the U.S.
Date Picture Taken: March 3, 2008
Date Picture Taken: January 30, 2009
Date Picture Taken: January 30, 2009
Date Picture Taken: January 30, 2009
Date Picture Taken: March 6, 2009
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