- Flowering period
- May - June
- Threat status ?
- Habitat
- Dry meadow
- Scientific name
- Orchis simia
monkey orchid
LB: Afe-Bouwekraut
FR: orchis singe
DE: Affen-Knabenkraut
The flower lip of the monkey orchid resembles a monkey with its four long limbs. The species was thought to be extinct in Luxembourg, but has been sighted again recently. It grows on sunny slopes and in light scrub on calcareous soil in the Gutland.