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Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. baltica

Dactylorhiza baltica

Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. baltica
Photo: B.gliwa, CC BY-SA 2.5

A terrestrial orchid of wet to damp meadows and fens across northern and central Europe into Siberia and Kazakhstan, sometimes treated as its own species, Dactylorhiza baltica. It is a hardy wild orchid that is rarely grown in gardens, and it needs cool, moist, open conditions to do well.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist during the growing season, but never waterlogged in winter.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, neutral to slightly acidic or calcareous soil, such as fen peat or damp loam.
Temperature
Hardy to well below freezing; suited to cool temperate climates.
How easy
Hard

About

Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. baltica is a subspecies of Dactylorhiza majalis. Sometimes this plant is considered as a separate species, Dactylorhiza baltica.

This plant ranges from northern Poland to the Baltic states, Finland, central and northern European Russia, western and central Siberia, and Kazakhstan.

Other Dactylorhiza plants

Keyflower · Dactylorhiza cantabrica · Stately Dactylorhiza · Richly-Leaved Dactylorhiza · Dactylorhiza francis-drucei · Common spotted orchid · Dactylorhiza hatagirea · Dactylorhiza iberica · Flecked Marsh Orchid · Early marsh-orchid · Dactylorhiza insularis · Heath spotted orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. baltica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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