Nederlands: Aapjesorchis
Español: Orquídea mono
Français: Orchis singe
Deutsch: Affen-Knabenkraut
Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family
Flowering time: April -June
Height: 20 - 45 cm
Altitude: to 1500m
Colour: pink, lilac, purple, rarely white; lip whitish tipped and spotted with purple
Leaves: oblong-lanceolate to oval, flat, shiny, unspotted
Habitat: open woodland, grassy places, dunes, scrub, roadsides, stony slopes, chiefly on limestone soils
Distribution: western, central and southern Europe
Note: It can take about seven years after germination for a plant to flower. Leaves begin to appear in April, and flowering occurs from May to June. Flowers are born in oblong spikes, the uppermost opening first. In Germany it can be found along the Rhine and in Switzerland in the cantons of Geneva and Vaud. Orchis simia is a protected species in the Netherlands (Zuid-Limburg), Belgium (close to the Maas or Meuse and in La Calestienne) and in Great Britain (Oxfordshire and Kent). In England Orchis simia has an estimated population of 370 mature individuals. The Monkey Orchid is on the European Red List of Vascular Plants..
Related key words: Heemtuin Tenellaplas Rockanje, Nederlandse Rode Lijst, chalk grassland, kalkgrasland, Lanaye, Pyrenees, Pyreneën, Pirineos
