Himantoglossum hircinum - Lizard orchid

Model 3587

Botanical rarity

The orchids in this category are extremely rare botanical varieties. They are delicate plants that are less tolerant than the orchids in the 'Easy Garden' category. They are more suitable for a connoisseur audience...

Himantoglossum hircinum is a rare and original European orchid because of the shape of its flowers and their smell.

Its name Himantoglossum means tongue in strips and hircinum refers to the goat-like smell of the flowers.

This orchid has a summer dormancy; no vegetation is visible during the summer.

Young plants delivered in 9 cm pots: requires 1 to 2 years of cultivation before flowering.

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Himantoglossum hircinum - Lizard orchid
Botanical rarity
The orchids in this category are extremely rare botanical varieties. They are delicate plants that are less tolerant than the orchids in the 'Easy Garden' category. They are more suitable for a connoisseur audience...
Himantoglossum hircinum is a rare and original European orchid because of the shape of its flowers and their smell.
Its name Himantoglossum means tongue in strips and hircinum refers to the goat-like smell of the flowers.
This orchid has a summer dormancy; no vegetation is visible during the summer.
Young plants delivered in 9 cm pots: requires 1 to 2 years of cultivation before flowering.
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Data sheet

Range	Collection Garden
Color	Pink-mauve, Green
Flowering	May, June
Height	30-50 cm
Exposure	Sun
Hardiness	Hardy (-20°C)
Presentation	9 cm pot

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Planting

This hardy perennial orchid can grow up to 1 metre in height and thrives in calcareous or neutral soils, poor in organic matter and well drained. Himantoglossum generally grows in drier places than Dactylorhiza, more often in open areas such as lawns, wastelands, meadows, slopes, forests...

Exposure

The ideal location is in the sun.

Throughout the seasons...

Unlike most other terrestrial orchids, Himantoglossum is characterised by summer dormancy; the new greyish-green leaves appear in autumn (October), persist through the winter and then wither at flowering. No vegetation is usually visible during the summer.

The inflorescence that appears from May onwards is cylindrical and quite dense. The numerous greenish flowers with purple edges have a very elongated labellum that can reach 6 cm.

This species is generally found in full light or semi-shade, on calcareous soils, in lawns, scrubland and open woods.