- Flowering period
- May - June
- Threat status ?
- Habitat
- Dry meadow
- Scientific name
- Orchis purpurea
lady orchid
LB: Purpurrout Bouwekraut
FR: orchis pourpre
DE: Purpur-Knabenkraut
The outer tepals of the lady orchid are purple in colour, giving the flowers their typical bicolored appearance. The species is quite common on calcareous dry grasslands in the Gutland.