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Dactylorhiza majalis  (RCHB.) P.F.HUNT & SUMMERH.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Orchis latifolia  L.

Genus:  Dactylorhiza  NECK. ex NEVSKI,  Orchis  L.

Authors:
	RCHB.:		Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793 - 1879), German botanist
	P.F.HUNT:		Peter Francis Hunt (1936 - 2013), British orchid specialist
	SUMMERH.:		Victor Samuel Summerhayes (1897 - 1974), English botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	NECK.:		Noël Martin Joseph de Necker (1729 - 1793), German physician and botanist of French descent
	NEVSKI:		Sergei Arsenjewitsch Newski (1908 - 1938), Russian botanist

Etymology:
	Dactylorhiza:		daktylos = finger, rhiza = root
	majalis:		in flower in may
	Orchis:		testicle (Greek)
	latifolia:		wide-leaved

Fig. 1:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Odenwald, Fürth 24.5.1987

Fig. 2:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Odenwald, Fürth 24.5.1987

Fig. 3:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Odenwald, Fürth 24.5.1987

Fig. 4:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Odenwald, Schönau 26.4.2007

Fig. 5:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Dietzenbach 19.5.2019

Fig. 6:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Dreieich 19.5.2019

Fig. 7:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Pfalz, Speyer 3.5.2013

Fig. 8:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Spessart, Jossa 6.5.2006

Fig. 9:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Black-Forest, Feldberg 1.7.2005

Fig. 10:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Darmstadt 7.5.2018

Fig. 11:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Darmstadt 7.5.2018

Fig. 12:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Darmstadt 7.5.2018

Fig. 13:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Darmstadt 7.5.2018

Fig. 14:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Darmstadt 7.5.2018

Fig. 15:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid (rather narrow-leaved) D Rödermark 13.5.2017

Fig. 16:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid (rather narrow-leaved) D Rödermark 13.5.2017

Fig. 17:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Rhön, Wasserkuppe 30.5.2012

Fig. 18:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Rhön, Wasserkuppe 30.5.2012

Fig. 19:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Rhön, Wasserkuppe 30.5.2012

Fig. 20:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Gessertshausen 30.7.2011

Fig. 21:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Black-Forest, Schiltach 22.5.2020

Fig. 22:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Pfronten 9.6.2016

Fig. 23:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Pfronten 9.6.2016

Fig. 24:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid (Color-Variant) D Gutach im Breisgau 10.5.2015 (Photo: Uwe Reinbold)

Fig. 25:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid (Color-Variant) D Gutach im Breisgau 10.5.2015 (Photo: Uwe Reinbold)

Fig. 26:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Andechs 5.5.2012

Fig. 27:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Vorpommern Zingst 3.6.1999

Fig. 28:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Vorpommern Zingst 3.6.1999

Fig. 29:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid D Vorpommern Zingst 3.6.1999

Fig. 30:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid A Tauplitz-Alm 8.7.2020

Fig. 31:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid A Tauplitz-Alm 8.7.2020

Fig. 32:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid A Tauplitz-Alm 8.7.2020

Fig. 33:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid A Carinthia, Trögern 18.5.2016

Fig. 34:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid F Allevard 29.6.2002

Fig. 35:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid RO Transylvania, Harghita County 10.6.2023 (Photo: Nora E. Anghelescu)

Fig. 36:  Dactylorhiza majalis / Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid RO Transylvania, Harghita County 21.6.2017 (Photo: Nora E. Anghelescu)

   

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