Epipactis palustris

FamilyGenus: Epipactisheimisch in Deutschland

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About this species

Epipactis palustris is a native wild orchid of Britain, found in moist, calcareous, nutrient-poor places. It carries broad leaves and flowers from June to August under full sun, reaching around 36 cm in height.

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PollinationFlower visit

Ecological significance

As a native orchid, it contributes to the diversity of damp calcareous habitats and supports pollinating insects.

Annual cycle

Flowering occurs from June to August.

Standort & Merkmale

Light

Sonne

Moisture

Feucht

Soil

Schwachzehrer (Magerer Boden)

Bloom time

Jun – Aug

Soil reaction

Basisch / Kalkhold

Bioregion

Continental

Growth form

Krautige Pflanze

Woodiness

Nicht verholzt

Leaf type

Breitblättrig

Plant height

0.36 m

Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)

Pflege & Anbau

Provide a damp, alkaline, low-nutrient substrate in full sun. The plant depends on specific orchid mycorrhizal fungi in the soil; it is very difficult to establish from seed or transplant and should be left undisturbed in appropriate wild or semi-natural damp grassland, fen or dune-slack habitats.

Scientific profile

A herbaceous terrestrial orchid with broad leaves and a typical height of about 0.36 m. It grows in full sun on moist, lime-rich soils of low fertility, where its orchid mycorrhizal associations develop. The minute wind-dispersed diaspores have a mass of just 0.005 mg. Flowering occurs from June to August.

Bestäuber & Besucher

2 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze

Apis melliferaCrossocerus elongatulus

Other flower visitors

1 other species visit the flowers

Sarcophaga carnaria

Sources & data origin

•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

•pollinator_interactions

•FloraWeb / BfN

•EIVE 1.0 — Dengler et al. (2023), DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324 (CC BY 4.0)

•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)

•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)

•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)

•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)

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