Orchis purpurea

Huds.

Lady orchid

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Bulb

The bulb or tuber is used to produce sahlep, a hot drink made with milk.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows from sea level to 1,350 m above sea level.

Africa, Caucasus, Europe, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Turkey, Türkiye,

Countries: Andorra, Albania, Angola, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Belarus, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Switzerland, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Djibouti, Denmark, Algeria, Estonia, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, United Kingdom, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Kenya, Comoros, Liechtenstein, Liberia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, Madagascar, North Macedonia, Mali, Mauritania, Malta, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, San Marino, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

An orchid. It grows 30-60 cm tall. The leaves are broad and oblong. They are bright green and can be 15 cm long. The flowering shoots are densely covered with up to 50 flowers.

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Orchis purpurea, the lady orchid, is a herbaceous plant belonging to the genus Orchis of the family Orchidaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Hasancik, Orchide maggiore, Orchis pourpre

Orchis brachiata Gilib.and others

What to Eat

Where to Find It

How to Identify

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