The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Platanthera algeriensis
Platanthera algeriensis is a wild terrestrial orchid from the western Mediterranean region, grown mainly by enthusiasts and botanic gardens rather than as a common garden plant. It grows from tubers and needs cool, well-drained conditions with a winter dormancy.
Platanthera algeriensis is a species of orchid native to eastern and southeastern Spain, Corsica, Sardinia, Algeria and Morocco.
Platanthera unalascensis · Rein orchid · Northern green orchid · Hochstetter's Butterfly Orchid · Platanthera bakeriana · Platanthera bhutanica · Lesser butterfly-orchid · White fringed orchid · Shortflowered bog orchid · Platanthera calceoliformis · Platanthera carnosilabris · Chapman's fringed orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Platanthera algeriensis 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.
