- Flowering period
- May - June
- Threat status ?
- Habitat
- Dry meadow
- Scientific name
- Anacamptis morio
green-winged orchid
LB: Boken-Hondswuerzel
FR: orchis bouffon
DE: Kleiner Narr, Kleines Knabenkraut
The green-winged orchid is also called 'Little Fool' in German because of its colorful purple-green flower helmet. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the green-winged orchid was common on meager semi-arid grasslands in Luxembourg. However, due to the increased fertilisation of the formerly barren soils and the disappearance of traditional sheep grazing, the species is now locally threatened with extinction.