Dactylorhiza foliosa

Dactylorhiza foliosa, the Madeira orchid^[2] or leafy orchid,^[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, endemic to the Portuguese Island of Madeira in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.^[4] It is a tuberous herbaceous perennial growing to 60 cm (24 in) and producing spikes of intense, magenta-pink flowers in late spring.^[5]

Dactylorhiza foliosa
1857 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Dactylorhiza
Species:	D. foliosa
Binomial name
Dactylorhiza foliosa (Rchb.f.) Soó (1962)

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit^[3] (confirmed 2017).^[6]

Synonyms

• Orchis foliosa Sol. ex Lowe (1831), illegitimate homonym, not Sw. 1800 nor Masson ex Ker Gawl. 1819 nor Spreng. 1826 nor Schur 1866
• Orchis latifolia var. foliosa Rchb.f. (1851)
• Dactylorchis orientalis subsp. foliosa (Rchb.f.) Klinge (1898)
• Orchis orientalis subsp. foliosa (Rchb.f.) Klinge (1898)
• Dactylorchis foliosa (Rchb.f.) Verm. (1947)
• Orchis maderensis Summerh. (1947 publ. 1948)
• Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. foliosa (Rchb.f.) H.Sund. (1975)^[4]

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