Orchis tridentata, Neotinea tridentata,
Toothed Orchid, סחלב שלוש-השיניים
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| | Scientific name: |
| Orchis tridentata Scop. |
| Synonym name: |
| Neotinea tridentata (Scop.) R.M. Bateman, A.M. Pridgeon & M.W. Chase |
| Common name: |
| Toothed Orchid |
| Hebrew name: |
| סחלב שלוש-השיניים |
| Family: |
| Orchidaceae, סחלביים |
Date Picture Taken: April 4, 2008
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| | Life form: |
| Geophyte |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, rosette, entire |
| Flowers: |
| Pink, Violet |
| Flowering Period: |
| March, April, May |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
| Chorotype: |
| Mediterranean |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Date Picture Taken: April 4, 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.
tridentata, three-toothed.
Neotinea, Latin Tinea a moth; Neo Greek prefix signifying new, or fresh. This genus was originally Tinea, to which the younger Keichenbach prefixed Neo, to distinguish it from Tinea, a well-known genus of small moths.
- The standard author abbreviation Scop. is used to indicate Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723 – 1788), an Italian physician and naturalist.
- 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 Pridgeon is used to indicate Dr. Alec M. Pridgeon, a British botanist, Sainsbury Orchid Fellow of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,
- The standard author abbreviation M.W.Chase is used to indicate Mark Wayne Chase (born 1951), an US born British botanist.
Date Picture Taken: April 4, 2008
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