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Epipogium aphyllum is a cool growing terrestrial orchid from the genus Epipogium.
Description[]
The plant blooms in the spring and summer with many 1.5 cm wide flowers.
Distribution[]
Plant is found in Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Czechloslavakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Ukraine, Western Russia, Central Russia, Eastern Russia, Siberia, , the Chinese Himalayas, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Pakistan, waestern Himalayas, Bhutan, Myanamar, Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Culture[]
Plant grows in cool conditions.
It is possible to cultivate it in straw bales in a similar way to edible fungi.
Naming[]
Common Names: The Leafless Epipogium, Ghost Orchid
Synonyms[]
- Epipactis epipogum Crantz 1769
- Epipactis epipogium (L.) All. 1789
- Epipogium aphyllum var. stenochilum Hand.-Mazz. 1925
- Epipogium epipogium (L.) H.Karst. 1881
- Epipogium generalis E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm 1905
- Epipogium gmelini L.C.M. Richard 1818
- Epipogon epipogium (Linne) Karst 1880-3
- Epipogon epipogon Kern. 1893
- Epipogon generalis E.H.L. Krause 1905
- Limodorum epipogium Sw. 1799
- *Orchis aphylla Forssk. 1775
- Satyrium epipogium Linne 1753
- Serapias epipogium (L.) Steud. 1821