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Tongue Orchids

Serapias

Tongue Orchids
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Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)

About

Serapias is a genus of terrestrial orchids that can be found all over southern Europe to Asia Minor. The genus was named after Serapis, a syncretic Hellenistic-Egyptian god in Antiquity.

Serapias have spurless flowers and usually go dormant during the winter seasons.

Other Serapias plants

Greek Plowshare · Heart-flowered serapias · Tongue-orchid · Neglected Serapias · Eastern Tongue Orchid · Small-flowered serapias · Serapias perez-chiscanoi · Serapias lingua subsp. stenopetala · Long-lipped Serapias

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Serapias by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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