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Serapias lingua is a terrestrial orchid that is found in Europe.
Distribution[]
Serapias lingua is found in western North Africa, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece and all the Mediteranean islands west of Crete at elevations of 0 to 200 meters. Plant is usually found in damp meadows and open fields
Description[]
Plants flower in spring to early summer with 2.5 cm flowers and then they go dormant in mid and late summer.
Culture[]
Grow in partial sun. Plant grows in cool to cold temperatures and should be water regularly during growing season and reduced during flowering. With hold watering during dormancy period (in winter and summer) and mist occasionally. Pot with 70% fine to medium grade perlite or clay and 30% soil, peat, or bark. Plant can tolerate frost.
Varients[]
Naming[]
Common Name: Toungue orchid, The Tongue Serapias
Synonyms[]
- Helleborine leucoglottis Steud. 1821
- Helleborine Lingua Pers. 1807
- Helleborine oxyglottis Pers. 1807
- Lonchitis oxyglottis (Willd.) Bubani 1901
- Orchis lingua (L.) Scop. 1772
- Serapias brevibracteata St.-Lag. 1880
- Serapîas columnae (Rchb. f.) Lojacono 1909
- Serapias excavata Schlechter 1923
- Serapias glabra Lapeyr. 1813
- Serapias laxiflora var. columnae Rchb. f 1851
- Serapias lingua f. pallidiflora E.G.Camus, Bergon & A.Camus 1908
- Serapias lingua subsp. duriaei (Rchb. ex Batt.) Maire 1931
- Serapias lingua subsp. oxyglottis (Willd.) Maire & Weiller 1959
- Serapias lingua subsp. stenopetala (Maire & Stephenson) Maire & Weiller 1959
- Serapias lingua subsp. veneris Balayer 1986
- Serapias lingua var. duriaei Rchb. ex Batt. 1884
- Serapias lingua var. flavescens Balayer 1986
- Serapias lingua var. hirsuta Boiss. 1842
- Serapias lingua var. leucantha J.A.Guim. 1887
- Serapias lingua var. longibracteata J.A.Guim. 1887
- Serapias lingua var. oxyglottis (Willd.) E.G.Camus 1908
- Serapias lingua var. rubescens Balayer 1986
- Serapias lingua var. stenopetala (Maire & T.Stephenson) Maire 1938
- Serapias mauretanica Schltr. 1923
- Serapias oxyglottis Willd. 1805; Serapias oxyglottis var. pallescens Mutel 1836
- Serapias parviflora var. columnae (Rchb. f.) Ascherson & Graebner ?
- Serapias stenopetala Maire & Stephenson 1930
- Serapias stricta Welw. ex Woods 1858
- Serapias strictiflora Welw. ex Veiga 1886
- Serapiastrum lingua (L.) A.A.Eaton 1908