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Gymnadenia rhellicani
Also called Dark Vanilla Orchid
Gymnadenia rhellicani is a small European orchid from high mountain meadows, with dense spikes of dark red-brown, vanilla-scented flowers. It is a wild alpine species that is hard to grow in gardens and is best left in the wild.
Gymnadenia rhellicani (common name: dark vanilla orchid or black vanilla orchid) is a European species of orchid.
Gymnadenia rhellicani grows in the Alps and Carpathians at elevations of 1,000–2,800 metres (3,300–9,200 ft).
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 rhellicani 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.
