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Gymnadenia odoratissima
Also called Scented Gymnadenia, Sweetest Orchid
A small, fragrant terrestrial orchid native to European grasslands and alpine meadows, grown from tubers. It is a wild species and is rarely cultivated; it does best left in its natural habitat or in a cool, moist, lime-rich garden bed.
Gymnadenia odoratissima, the short spurred fragrant orchid, is a species of orchid. It is in the genus Gymnadenia.
The short spurred fragrant orchid is native to Europe, it can be found as far west as Spain and as far east as Romania. It can also be found in Sweden.
Austrian Gymnadenia · Black Vanilla Orchid · Bicolor Fragrant Orchid · Gymnadenia bicornis · Heath fragrant orchid · Fragrant orchid · Cornelia’s Orchid · Gymnadenia crassinervis · Gymnadenia dolomitensis · Gymnadenia hygrophila · Austrian Gymnadenia · Red Vanilla Orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gymnadenia odoratissima 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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
