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Liparis loeselii
Also called Fen orchid, Bog twayblade, Loesel's Twayblade, Loesel's Twaybade, Yellow Twayblade, Yellow Wide Lip Orchid, Twayblade
Liparis loeselii is a small, rare terrestrial orchid of wet habitats such as fens, bogs and dune slacks, reaching 5 to 20 cm with yellow-green flowers. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, and it needs constantly moist, cool, open conditions.
Liparis loeselii, the fen orchid, yellow widelip orchid, or bog twayblade, is a rare species of orchid. It is native to Europe, northern Asia, the eastern United States, and eastern Canada. It grows in fens, bogs and dune slacks. It has yellow flowers and glossy yellow-green leaves.
It only grows to 5-20 centimetres. The lower part of the stem is surrounded by 2-3 relatively large light green, fatty leaves, tongue-like in appearance. Under these, a few inconspicuous small leaves can be found. The yellow-green flowers are normally numbered between 5-10. Sometimes only 1-2 flowers can be found, at most 30.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Liparis loeselii 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.
