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Orchis pallens
Also called Pale Flowered Orchid
Orchis pallens, the pale orchid or pale-flowered orchid, is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the genus Orchis of the family Orchidaceae. It is found in most of Europe ranging from Spain across to the Caucasus. It blooms in spring with pale yellow flowers.
Diploid results from the basic chromosome number of the genus Orchis of x = 20.
In 1986, the European orchids Orchis mascula, O. pallens and their hybrids were analysed by enzyme electrophoresis on starch gels, this a form of species identification using differing parental alleles.
The distribution of O. pallens is widespread in Europe, stretching from northern Spain, heading east across central Europe and the Balkans, to the Middle East and the Caucasus region (or Asia Minor,) in the east.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Orchis pallens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
