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Platanthera chlorantha (CUSTER) RCHB. |
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| Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family |
| Synon.: Platanthera montana (F.W.SCHMIDT) RCHB.F. |
| Genus: Platanthera (L.) RICH. |
| Authors: | |||
| Jakob Laurenz Custer (1755 - 1828), Swiss businessman and botanist | |||
| Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793 - 1879), German botanist | |||
| Franz Willibald Schmidt (1764 - 1796), botanist from Prague (Bohemia) | |||
| Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823 - 1889), German botanist | |||
| Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
| Louis Claude Marie Richard (1754 - 1821), French botanist | |||
| Etymology: | |||
| Platanthera: | wide anther | ||
| chlorantha: | green-flowered | ||
| montana: | growing in mountain | ||
The Greater Butterfly Orchid Platanthera chlorantha is, alongside the Lesser Butterfly Orchid Platanthera bifolia and Müller's Butterfly Orchid Platanthera pervia one of the three Butterfly Orchids found in Central Europe. It is easy to recognize by its inclined and widely spaced pollinia. |
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Fig. 1: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid D Eiersheim 31.5.2025 |
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Fig. 2: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid D Eiersheim 31.5.2025 |
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Fig. 3: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid D Pforzheim 16.6.1984 |
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Fig. 4: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid D Nord-Eifel,Krekeler Heide 10.6.2000 |
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Fig. 5: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid D Laudenbach an der Bergstraße 21.4.2008 |
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Fig. 6: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid D Bruchsal 27.5.2020 |
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Fig. 7: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid D Hunsrück, Börfink 18.7.2020 |
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Fig. 8: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid D Hunsrück, Börfink 18.7.2020 |
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Fig. 9: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid D Rhön, Heidelstein 20.6.2023 |
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Fig. 10: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid D Rhön, Heidelstein 20.6.2023 |
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Fig. 11: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid F Vosges, Grand Ballon 2.7.2018 |
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Fig. 12: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid F Mont Aigoual 13.6.2003 |
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Fig. 13: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid I Puglia Mottola 11.5.1989 |
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Fig. 14: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid (withered) I island Elba, Marciana Alta 20.6.1996 |
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Fig. 15: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid GR Zagoria, Negades 18.5.2008 |
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Fig. 16: Platanthera chlorantha / Greater Butterfly Orchid GR Zagoria, Negades 18.5.2008 |
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Orchids
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Orchids acc. to scientific Names
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.. Relationship
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.. German Names
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.. English Names
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.. Bloom Colors
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.. Regions
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.. Photo Date
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.. Rosettes
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.. Tubers + Roots
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.. Seed Stems
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Color Variants
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Deformations
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Orchid Hybrids
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Other Plants
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