- Flowering period
- May - July
- Threat status ?
- Habitat
- Forest
- Scientific name
- Platanthera chlorantha
greater butterfly orchid
LB: Gréngelzeg Kräizblumm
FR: platanthère à fleurs verdâtres
DE: Grünliche Waldhyazinthe
Both butterfly orchid species native to Luxembourg are adapted to different butterfly families. The greater butterfly orchid sticks its broadly angled pollen packets mainly to the reticulated eyes of owl butterflies. It grows in sparse forests, forest edges, and on calcareous dry grasslands, mainly in the Gutland.